Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich: a pair of Fabergé Imperial silver, gold and champlevé enamel cufflinks, workmaster August Hollming, St Petersburg, circa 1900
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November 26, 05:37 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of oval form, each enamelled in white on one side with the cypher AB for Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich within an oval border, on the other side with an imperial crown also within an oval border, struck to the reverse and links with workmaster’s initials
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length of each 1.6cm; 5/8 in.
The design for a cigarette case also bearing this same crowned cypher for Grand Duke Andrei Valdimirovich can be seen in U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergé: the Twilight Years: Drawings and Objects from the Second Henrik Wigström Album, East Sussex, 2023, p. 130, pl. 105.
For a comparatively designed piece, please see the Yusupov Jeton, an octagonal medallion with white champlevé enamel decoration with the crowned initials of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia on one side and Prince Felix Yusupov Sumarokov-Elston on the other, along with the date 9/11/1914 (exhibition catalogue, ed. G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, p. 199, no. 451B, illustrated).
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