A Fabergé gold and enamel photograph frame, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1895

circular, enameled in translucent apricot over concentric guilloché bands, the rim with opaque white enamel relieved by bands of green, the circular aperture with rose-cut diamond bezel, the ivory back with scrolling A-form gold strut, with workmaster's initials, Fabergé in Cyrillic, and 56 standard; also with scratched inventory number 54609, in fitted leather Wartski case

with Wartski, London

appears to have been surmounted by decoration (probably a bow knot) that has been removed; the outer rim has been repolished where the ornament was affixed; the outer rim also apparently broken and repaired, evidence of solder or glue visible under black light
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For two similar photograph frames with scratched inventory numbers 54610 and 54611, see Wartski, Carl Fabergé: A Private Collection, London, 2012, pp. 82-83. For a similar clock in orange enamel, see G. von Habsburg, et al, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 381, p. 176.