A FABERGÉ GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED CARVED HARDSTONE MINIATURE SLIPPER, WORKMASTER MIKHAIL PERKHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1895 |

the slipper with curled toe carved from a pale banded agate and applied with collet-set ruby, emerald, and sapphire, the gold mount chased with a border of stylized tulips, struck with workmaster's initials, 72 standard

overall excellent condition; the stone of excellent quality and highly translucent
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Fabergé produced a number of such miniature hardstone shoes such as the miniature high-heeled boot in bloodstone in the Cleveland Museum of Art (66.842; inv. no. 49194) and the bloodstone sabot with A la Vieille Russie ("Fabergé," 1983, cat. 270). This slipper, or a comparable example, was reproduced in Fabergé, NY, 1983, no. 271. They can occasionally be seen in period photos being used as small containers for dried flowers or pot pourri on desks or small tables.