A Faberge jewelled silver-gilt and enamel charka, workmaster Anders Nevalainen, St Petersburg, 1904-1908

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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Description

silver-gilt, enamel, hardstone, garnets
width: 10.5cm, 4 1/8 in.

the circular bowl enamelled in translucent salmon pink over spiralling engine-turned waves below a plain rim border set with three cabochon sapphires, the handle of faux coral simulating a toucan's beak with cabochon garnet eyes, struck with workmaster's initials and K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 15376

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 10 June 1992, lot 282