A Fabergé jeweled gold bookmark and paper knife, workmaster Eduard Schramm, St. Petersburg, circa 1890

of dagger form with shaped handle, the lower section pierced in an openwork design of scrolling foliage, the upper section applied with a diamond-set blossom centered with a ruby, surmounted by an elaborate palmette set with rose-cut diamonds, struck with workmaster's initials, 56 standard

Overall good condition, bright and attractive; well weighted; a few scattered scratches on surface of bookmark, the pierced areas of the paper knife also with some scratches
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For a comparable piece by Schramm set with an owl, see Christie's New York, 19 April 2002, lot 224.