Lot 392
  • 392

An enamel Red Cross egg pendant, Ivan Britzen, St Petersburg, 1916

Estimate
1,800 - 2,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • height: 1.5cm, 5/8 in
enamelled in translucent white over a textured ground, the front with a red enamel cross, the reverse dated 1916, 56 standard

Provenance

The Kazan Collection

Literature

M. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par FabergĂ©, 1996, no. 161, illustrated. 

Condition

There is an area at the bottom which has been re-enamelled, approx. 5mm at widest point, otherwise in good condition.
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