A FABERGÉ TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PHOTOGRAPH FRAME, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896
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November 26, 06:32 PM GMT
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25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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A FABERGÉ TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PHOTOGRAPH FRAME, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896
in Neo-Rococo taste, the concave quatrefoil petals enamelled in translucent sky blue over radiating wavy engine-turning, the gold borders with scrolls, blossoms and foliage, replaced ivorine back, struck on the side and the strut with workmaster's initials, Fabergé in Cyrillic, 56 standard, scratched inventory number 55678
height 8cm, 3⅛in.
According to A. Guzanov and R.R. Gafifulin, Fabergé Items of Late XIX – Early XX Century in the Collection of the State Museum Pavlovsk, 2013, p. 97 a blue enamel frame with scratched number 55678 was purchased from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé by Empress Dowager Maria Feodorovna on 28 December 1896, for 140 roubles.