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A Fabergé Jeweled, Gold, Enamel and Lapis Lazuli Table Seal, St. Petersburg, circa 1900
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- apparently unmarked
- Lapis lazuli, gold, diamonds, enamel
- Height 2 1/2 in.
- 6.4 cm
the carved, cylindrical handle composed of a fine piece of lapis lazuli; the flared lower section with gold, white opaque enamel and diamond-inset bands enclosing three translucent cream enamel plaques, the grounds finely engraved with musical trophies; the matrix carved with the mirror initials EE
Provenance
Landsdell K. Christie
A la Vieille Russie, New York
Sotheby Parke Bernet, November 30, 1972, lot 173
A la Vieille Russie, New York
Sotheby Parke Bernet, November 30, 1972, lot 173
Exhibited
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1961
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1965
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1965
Literature
Jesse McNab Dennis, "Fabergé's Objects of Fantasy," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin vol. 23, no. 7 (March 1965), p. 229.
For a similar lapis lazuli table seal acquired by King George V and now in the Royal Collection that is similarly unmarked, see Caroline de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, pp. 221-222, no. 299 (RCIN 9262).
For a similar lapis lazuli table seal acquired by King George V and now in the Royal Collection that is similarly unmarked, see Caroline de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, pp. 221-222, no. 299 (RCIN 9262).