Fabergé, Imperial & Revolutionary Art

A silver-topped gold, pearl and diamond bracelet, Vassili Finnikov, St Petersburg, circa 1900

Auction Closed

November 26, 05:37 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

composed of alternating links and peals, the links set with diamonds, the pearls with a smaller diamond on either side, struck to the reverse of two links with maker’s mark in Cyrillic

length approx. 16cm; 6 1/4 in.

Vassili Finnikov was head workmaster in the workshop of C.E. Bolin, one of the top court jewellers at the time. His daughter, Tatiana, married Michael Perkhin in 1884, whom she possibly met whilst he was an apprentice in her father's workshop.

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