A Fabergé jewelled varicoloured gold, silver, guilloché enamel and seed pearl miniature photograph frame, workmaster Viktor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1899-1908

VAT applies to hammer price and buyer's premium

Lot Closed

May 13, 10:03 AM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

of scalloped arch form with a dot-dash gold border, enamelled in sky blue over rippled chevron engine turning, applied with varicoloured gold floral swags and festoons set with collet-set seed pearls at the joints, two further seed pearls in the bottom corners, with a mother of pearl reverse, the bezel set with rose-cut diamonds, in a fitted Wartski case, struck to the strut and lower edge with workmaster's initials, 88 and 56 standard, scratched inventory number 3329 and with further later scratched numbers

4 cm, 1 1/2 in. high

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