Lot 331
  • 331

A Fabergé jewelled gold, enamel and hardstone box, workmaster Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • gold, enamel, diamonds, sardonyx
  • diameter 5.7cm, 2 1/4 in.
circular, the surfaces enamelled with panels of translucent reddish orange over banded wavy engine-turning within opaque white lines, the chased two-colour gold swirling acanthus borders and pilasters part-enamelled in royal blue, the lid centred with a carved agate cameo of Agrippa within rose- and circular-cut diamonds and a green laurel frame bound with orange ribbons, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 56 standard, scratched inventory number 45171

Provenance

Christie's London, 8 June 2010, lot 155

Exhibited

New York, Fabergé, a Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Design, April 22-May 21, 1983, no. 212, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue

Literature

Illustrated, H. and S. Berry-Hill, Antique Gold Boxes, 1953, pl. 211, p. 198

Condition

There are two areas of successful restoration to the enamel of the lid, which are only apparent under UV light, the white line border of the lid with tiny losses, the insetting of the cameo suggests it may have been a brooch incorporated into the box, a beautifully made object.
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