Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
A Fabergé jewelled varicolour gold mounted bowenite bell push, workmaster Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903
Auction Closed
December 2, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Fabergé jewelled varicolour gold mounted bowenite bell push, workmaster Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903
square, the top applied with a two-colour gold arrows with ribbon-tied laurel swags, with a cabochon garnet push-piece set within a gold pellet border, struck on the swags with workmaster's initials in Cyrillic, 56 standard
5cm, 2in.
For a similar bell push, also carved of a block of bowenite by Perchin, from Sandringham, please see K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, New York, 1998, p. 34.