Sale 3730
New York
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20 May 2015
Price realised
USD 11,875
Estimate
A TWO-COLOR GOLD, NEPHRITE AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL HAND SEAL BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1905 The spherical carved nephrite handle supported on a cylindrical stem enameled in translucent pink over a wavy guilloché ground, the reeded domed foot beneath a gold laurel band, with a hardstone matrix engraved 'Trapped', apparently unmarked, in the original silk and velvet-lined wood case, stamped 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow, London' beneath the Imperial warrant 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high
Provenance
With A La Vieille Russie, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Zilkha, New York, by whom presented to Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Forbes.
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Literature
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 194, ill. p. 195
Pre-Lot Text
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