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A Fabergé gold, enamel and purpurine egg pendant, workmaster Feodor Afanassiev, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Sold
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Description
- gold, enamel, purpurine (glass)
- height excluding loop 3.2cm, 1 1/4 in.
in the colours of the Russian flag, enamelled in bands of translucent white and blue over hatched surfaces divided by gold bands above the purpurine base, struck with workmaster's initials, 56 standard
Provenance
William Henry de Bray (1853-1912), State Councillor and Master at the Imperial Lyceum
Catalogue Note
A similar example by the same maker, sold, Sotheby's London, 28 November 2006, lot 320.