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.