Property from the Collection of Caroline P. Ireland
A FABERGÉ JEWELLED SILVER-TOPPED GOLD AND AQUAMARINE ANNIVERSARY BROOCH, WORKMASTER ALFRED THIELEMANN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
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November 26, 06:32 PM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection of Caroline P. Ireland
A FABERGÉ JEWELLED SILVER-TOPPED GOLD AND AQUAMARINE ANNIVERSARY BROOCH, WORKMASTER ALFRED THIELEMANN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
the rectangular-cut aquamarine within a rose-cut diamond-set frame with bows and the number XXV, struck on the pin with workmaster's initials
width 3.7cm, 1½in.
A La Vielle Russie, New York
New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé: A Loan Exhibition for the benefit of The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, 22 April - 21 May 1983, no. 354
Exhibition Catalogue, Fabergé: A Loan Exhibition for the benefit of The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, New York, A La Vieille Russie, 1983, p. 105 illustrated, no. 354 listed
The inclusion of the Roman numerals 'XXV' on the diamond-set mount of this brooch suggest it relates to known examples of anniversary jewels made by Fabergé and was presumably commissioned to commemorate a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
Other related examples include an amethyst brooch mounted with a diamond-set 'XX' between the initials of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna beneath an Imperial crown (see exhibition catalogue, Fabergé and the Russian Jewellers, London, Wartski, 2006, p.59, no. 175).