a rare fabergé gold, silver and translucent enamel combination desk clock and calendar, moscow, 1899-1908

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

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Description

height 6 1/8 in. 15.5 cm

of arched form, enameled translucent mauve over a guilloché ground and applied with vari-color gold ribbon-tied swags of foliage, the clock face bordered by seed pearls, the three apertures below displaying the day and month, the outer border chased with acanthus leaves, marked K. Fabergé with Imperial warrant and with scratched inventory number 27242.

Provenance

Stephen Dale, London

Literature

Alexander von Solodkoff, Fabergé Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1995, pl.41, p.36.