Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
A FABERGÉ SILVER-TOPPED GOLD MOUNTED DIAMOND NECKLACE, WORKMASTER AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Auction Closed
November 26, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A FABERGÉ SILVER-TOPPED GOLD MOUNTED DIAMOND NECKLACE, WORKMASTER AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
set throughout with old-cut diamonds, designed as a pendant row of trefoils alternating with flower-heads, centred with a garland terminating in a larger diamond, struck on the clasp with workmaster's initials, 56 standard, scratched number 046471; with original Fabergé fitted case
length 48.7cm, 19in.
Acquired by the grandmother of the present owner in Sweden.
For a diamond-set necklace by Fabergé, closely related to the present lot, both in its delicate suspension of diamonds and the diamond-set links that form its chain, please see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé - Cartier, Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, p. 285, no. 457.