Empress Maria Feodorovna: A Fabergé Two-Color Gold and Guilloché Enamel Desk Clock, Workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1898

triangular, the surface covered in translucent orange enamel over sunburst engine-turning, the circular aperture framed by chased gold laurel leaves and suspended from two yellow-gold ribbons, on two ball feet, ivorine reverse, silver-gilt strut and movement case, in original Fabergé silk-lined and holly-wood case stamped 'Fabergé / St Petersburg / Moscow' struck to lower edge and strut with Fabergé in Cyrillic, workmaster’s initials, 56 and 88 standard, scratched inventory number 59131

height 6 in.; 15.2 cm