A Fabergé pearl-set silver-gilt and guilloché enamel desk clock, workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890
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Description
of demi-lune form, the surface of translucent canary-yellow enamel over wavy engine-turning, applied with a silver-gilt trellis set with seed-pearl quatrefoils and chased silver-gilt and crimson enamel roses, the bezel also set with seed pearls above two palm branches in the openwork reserve, the outer border decorated with a band of chased laurel leaves applied with rosettes at corners, ivorine reverse, scroll strut, engraved ‘Rose’ on the lower edge, struck to lower edge, reverse of movement and strut with Fabergé in Cyrillic, workmaster's initials, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 57930, French swan import mark
length 17.6 cm; 6 7/8 in.
Christie's London, 25 November 2019, lot 253 (Property of a Gentleman)
The decoration of this impressive desk clock of rare demi-lune form can be compared to other works produced by Fabergé, featuring similar floral motifs and pearl trellises. See for example the ‘Rose Trellis’ frame in G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman, p.271.
See also another demi-lune clock made by Mikhail Perkhin, circa 1890, with the same combination of a seed pearl frame, trelliswork, chased leaf borders and yellow guilloché ground, sold, Christie’s New York, 19 October 2001, lot 133.