Lot 35
  • 35

A Fabergé gem-set gold and guilloché enamel small photograph frame, Workmaster Johan Victor Aarne, St. Petersburg, circa 1895

Estimate
18,000 - 24,000 USD
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Description

  • gold, diamonds, enamel, mammoth ivory (back), paper
  • height 2 1/2 in., 6.3 cm
of arch form, enameled strawberry red over a wavy guilloché ground and applied with diamond-set flowerheads and a gold swag, the oval aperture with a pearl-set bezel, containing a portrait of a Persian dignitary, possibly a Qajar Shah, surmounted by a gold ribbon knot, with mammoth ivory back and scrolling gilded silver strut, struck with workmaster's Cyrillic initials, Fabergé in Cyrillic and 88 standard, scratched inventory number 7572

Condition

overall good condition, some small surface scratching consistent with age
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