A Fabergé silver-topped gold-mounted diamond necklace, workmaster August Hollming, St Petersburg, circa 1900
Auction Closed
November 25, 06:21 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
designed as an elongated detachable pendant with alternating bands of trefoils and flowerheads set with old-cut diamonds, between both rose-cut and old-cut diamond-set geometric ornaments, graduating in size and terminating at the centre in a large yellow diamond, the silver-topped gold chain with rose-cut diamond dividers, two-colour gold extension chain, with fitted case, struck on the clasp with workmaster's initials, 56 standard, scratched number 046471
length 48.7 cm; 19 in.
Acquired by the grandmother of the previous owner in Sweden;
Sotheby’s London, 26 November 2019, lot 318
For a diamond-set necklace by Fabergé, closely related to the present lot, both in its delicate suspension of diamonds and the diamond-set links that form its chain, please see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé - Cartier, Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, p. 285, no. 457.
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