a rare fabergé silver, enamel and wood desk clock, workmaster Johan Victor Aarne, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908

the white enamel dial with gold border, the surround enameled translucent yellow shading into orange, and further embellished with pink and white cloisonné enamel dahlias with green leaves, outer wood frame, marked with Cyrillic initials of workmaster, Fabergé in Cyrillic and 88 standard, also with scratched number 5488.

Sold, Christie's, Geneva, November 16, 1994, lot 454

This highly unusual table clock is indicative of Fabergé’s wide ranging and inventive use of the various enameling techniques which were mastered by the firm at this period. The combination of translucent and cloisonné enameling, employed to great advantage on this clock, was only rarely used, and very few comparable examples are known.