A Fabergé silver imperial presentation trophy, Moscow, 1899-1908

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July 11, 02:48 PM GMT

Estimate

26,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

applied with three large double-headed eagles over pendant laurel swags, the body engraved 'Sarcelles', 'Emperor's 1st prize' and 'St Petersburg 1902' in Cyrillic, the lower edge of the cover gadrooned, with a crown finial, on a three-pronged plinth chased at the base with acanthus leaf tips, the interior gilt, struck throughout with K. Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard

height 48cm; 18 7/8 in.

For the original Fabergé drawing of this trophy please see G. von Habsburg and M. Lopato, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, Milan, 1993, p. 397, n. 307. The drawing held in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (Inv. ERO III - 1593) is inscribed in Russian '1/2 of natural height / 900 rbls'.