Fabergé, Imperial & Revolutionary Art

A jewelled gold and enamel swan brooch, Feodor Lorié, Moscow, 1899-1908

Auction Closed

November 26, 05:37 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

designed as a swan, the wings enamelled in shaded pastel blue, green and orange, the swan carrying from its mouth a large heart-shaped diamond, struck to the reverse with maker’s mark in Cyrillic, 56 standard

width 4.1cm; 1 5/8 in.

Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé : Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, no. 922

Exhibition catalogue, ed. G. von Habsburg, Fabergé : Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, p. 339, no. 922, illustrated

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