Lot 413
  • 413

a fabergé silver and translucent enamel photograph frame, workmaster anders nevalainen, st. petersburg, circa 1900

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • height 6 3/4 in. 17.2 cm
enameled strawberry red over a guilloché ground, the front applied with cast and chased neo-classical foliate ornament, the upper panel applied with a ribbon-tied wreath, with silver strut and fruitwood back, marked with initials of workmaster, K. Fabergé in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant and 88 standard

Literature

For a similar frame by Nevalainen in the collection of Peterhof Palace-Museum, see Treasures of Russia from Peterhof: Palaces of the Tsars, Las Vegas, 1998, p. 204, no. 273.

Condition

overall good condition
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