A Fabergé gilded silver and guilloché enamel kovsh, workmaster Anders (Antti) Nevalainen, St. Petersburg, 1904-1908

rounded and tapering to gadrooned, curved handle, the front engraved and enameled with the Imperial double-headed eagle in translucent black, red, and blue; raised on three ball feet, contained in fitted oak case, struck with workmaster's initials, Fabergé in Cyrillic, 88 standard

Wear to gilding throughout; scattered losses to enamel of Russian state seal at front, primarily to the base of the crown, the eagle's legs and the figure of St. George on the shield; the center top circular panel on the viewer's right side with a small nick to the transparent red enamel; the box possibly renewed
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For a comparable kovsh, see Bonham's London, 26 November 2007, lot 228.