Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Property from a Private Collection, Switzerland
A Fabergé three-colour Gold-Mounted Bowenite Snuff-Box, Moscow, 1899-1908
Auction Closed
December 2, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Switzerland
A Fabergé three-colour Gold-Mounted Bowenite Snuff-Box, Moscow, 1899-1908
in Neo-Classical taste, the oval body with applied leaf swags and garlands centring flowers, the lid with a rosette surrounded with applied decorations with conforming design, with bows, with ribbon-tied laurel border, struck on the mounts underneath the lid KF in Cyrillic, 56 standard
length 6.2cm, 2 2/5 in.
Sotheby’s Geneva, 16 November 1983