Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons

Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons

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A Fabergé silver-gilt mounted guilloché enamel thermometer, workmaster Viktor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1899-1904

Auction Closed

November 30, 06:31 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Fabergé silver-gilt mounted guilloché enamel thermometer, workmaster Viktor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1899-1904


rectangular, the surface enamelled in translucent pink over banded wavy engine-turning, the left and right sides of the aperture applied with rosettes, palmettes and foliate motifs, the top and bottom applied with a ribbon-tied laurel wreath and an additional bowed ribbon, the bead-framed aperture enclosing a silver-gilt panel graded in Centigrade scale and inscribed 'THERMOMETRE', all within a reeded border, wooden back, silver-gilt scroll strut, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 2397

21.7 by 7.4cm; 8⅝by 2⅞in.

Sotheby’s, Geneva, 14 May 1987, lot 321

Christie's, From Roentgen to Fabergé: A European Private Collection, 20 May 2015, lot 116

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