Property from a Private Collection, Germany
A Fabergé jewelled gold and guilloché enamel-mounted aventurine quartz bowl, workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890
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May 15, 11:11 AM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 CHF
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Description
the aventurine quartz finely carved in the shape of a heart, the gold mounts with translucent emerald-green enamel over hatched engine-turning, crossed with diamond-set ribbons, struck to the mount with workmaster's initials, scratched inventory number 5283, in its original fitted holly wood case
length 8.3 cm; 3 1/4 in.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 2015
This delicate gold and guilloché enamel-mounted hardstone bowl, finely carved in the shape of a heart, appears in a group of designs from the house of Fabergé, sold, Christie's London, 27 April 1989.
This fine quartz bowl is also related to an Imperial gold-mounted aventurine quartz bowl, purchased by Tsarina Maria Feodorovna and previously in the collection of Queen Olga and Prince Christopher of Greece (illustrated in G. von Habsburg, Fabergé in America, New York, 1996, p. 219, no.215). This bowl represents a more ornate variation of the present lot, alluding to its Imperial provenance, with the inclusion of pearl terminals and gold floral swags. The proximity of the present lot to this bowl could suggest that it was also originally intended for, or purchased by an important client of Fabergé.