A Fabergé jewelled gold-mounted guilloché enamel nephrite hand seal, workmaster possibly Michael Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

A Fabergé jewelled gold-mounted guilloché enamel nephrite hand seal, workmaster possibly Michael Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

designed as a gold serpent twisted around a nephrite cylinder, the serpent’s eyes set with rose-cut diamonds and its head mounted with a cabochon ruby, the circular base with alternating red and white enamel drop motifs over a row of beading, with a carnelian matrix incised with St George slaying the dragon and inscribed ‘D.St.G.’, struck Fabergé and with workmaster’s initials, 56 standard, scratched inventory number 2024

height 2 5⁄8 in.; 6,6 cm.

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Sceau en or, émail et néphrite, peut-être par Michäel Perkhin, Fabergé, St Petersbourg, 1899-1903

orné d'un serpent, les yeux en diamants et la tête sommée d’un rubis en cabochon, la base ornée d'émail rouge et blanc, la matrice en cornaline avec St George et le dragon, gravé ‘D.St.G.’, poinçons d'orfèvre et de Fabergé, numéro gravé 2024

height 2 5⁄8 in.; 6,6 cm.