FABERGÉ, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY | Magnifying Glass

the surfaces enamelled in translucent violet over hatched engine-turning, in original box of issue

Wartski, London, 27 May 2003

Good condition, with a few minor losses to the enamel at the end of the handle.
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For a very similar miniature magnifying glass see that in the Royal Collection which has minor variations to the gold shaft and is pink enamel. See Caroline de Guitaut. Faberge in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, p.189, cat. no. 239