Lot 650
  • 650

A Fabergé silver presentation hunting horn, workmaster Karl Hjalmar Armfelt, St Petersburg, circa 1912

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • length: 58.5cm, 23in
tapering form with curved terminal, the body engraved with numerous signatures within moulded and foliate-engraved borders, the opening with the monogram of Nicholas Nikolaevich below a Grand Ducal crown and inscribed in Cyrillic: Perchino 1887-1912, marked Fabergé in Cyrillic, with workmaster's initials,84 standard

Provenance

Presented to Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (1856-1929) in 1912 by frequent guests at his estate, Perchino, with whom he hunted. 
Christie's Geneva, 17 November 1993, Lot 252

Condition

Shallow dents to both ends.
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Catalogue Note

The signatories include: Prince Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, Prince Vladimir Emmanuelovich Golitsyn, Prince Boris Dmitrievich Golitsyn, Prince Dmitri Borisovich Golitsyn, Prince Dmitri Mikhailovoch Golitsyn, Prince Mikhail Kantakuzen, Dmitri Meshcherinov, Prince Leontii Shakhovskoi, Prince Vladimir Alexeevich Shakhovskoi, Count Dmitri Georgevich Mengden, Countess Sophia Nickolaevna Mengden, Dmitri Pavlovich Valtsov, Count Boris Sergeevich Sheremetev, Arthur Alexandrovich von Grinwald, G. Meyer, A. Golovin, Dmitri Dmitrievich Osipovskii, Alexsei Ivanovich Mosolov, Prince Boris Alexandrovich Vasilchiov, Maria Alexandrovna Boldarev, Artemii Konstaninovic Boldarev, Prince Menshikov, Prince Boris Leonidovich Viazemskii, Prince Dmitri Leonidovich Viazemskii.