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A Fabergé jewelled gold and guilloché enamel locket pendant, workmaster August Hollming, St Petersburg, 1904-1908
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
A Fabergé jewelled gold and guilloché enamel locket pendant, workmaster August Hollming, St Petersburg, 1904-1908
shaped as a heart, enamelled in translucent mauve over starburst ground centered with a diamond, opening to reveal two miniature apertures, bail set with band of rose-cut diamonds, struck inside the locket and on the loop with workmaster’s initials, 88 and 56 standard, scratched inventory number 82533
height including loop 2.5cm, 1in.
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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 Inc., 1983, no. 335., p. 104 listed, p. 73 illustrated.
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. 335