Fabergé Collection

Fabergé Works of Art

The Clock Collection

Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel

Square Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks and silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 7579

height: 10.5 cm

Provenance: Mrs H.T. de Vere Clifton

Literature:

H.C. Bainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé, His Life and Work, pl. 34

Gold and silver-gilt square clock, decorated with translucent pale pink enamel over a guilloché ground, with four oyster sepia leaf-like panels with entwining white opaque and translucent green borders, applied with four chased, gold rowels and husks, border of chased yellow gold anthemion, backed with plain, scroll strut, with original back.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Circular

Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks contained in the original fitted box diameter: 9.5 cm

Provenance: By repute, belonging to the Grand Duke Alexis Christie’s New York, 20 October 1997, lot 39, price realized $63,000

Circular silver-gilt clock decorated with alternating lilac and white guilloché enamel gold-mounted panels, within a parcel-gilt palmette-engraved border, centred by an opaque white enamel dial with Arabic chapters and openwork gold hands; contained in the original fitted box with the original key.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Circular Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 55482

diameter: 11 cm

Provenance: Purchased from Fabergé by Her Imperial Majesty Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. In Fabergé’s ledgers, described as being in the Louis XVI style, with green and opalescent enamel. It was acquired by Her Imperial Majesty Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna on 3 July 1902 for 240 roubles. The Tsarina gave it to her eldest sister Princess Victoria of Battenberg, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, born Princess Victoria of Hesse. Thence by family descent.

Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

Silver-gilt circular clock decorated with radiating panels of translucent green and white enamel, centred by an enamelled dial with Arabic numerals and openwork gold hands held beneath glass within a pearl bezel, the edge encircled by chased gold laurel leaves, supported on a scrolled strut.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Circular Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 50548

diameter: 10.5 cm

Rare and unusual circular silver-gilt desk clock by Fabergé, enamelled in translucent royal blue over a wavy guilloché ground, decorated with garlands of white, red, green and yellow enamel, centring a white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals, pierced hands and a circular seed-pearl bezel, all within a silver-gilt border chased with acanthus leaves, hallmarked on the rim, back and strut.

Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1913

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Latin, London import mark of 1913, gold mark of 56 zolotniks and silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 3?0949

height: 11.7 cm

Rectangular gold and silver-gilt strut desk clock with ivory backing; enamelled in translucent red over sunburst guilloché background; border with acanthus frieze; surmounted by ribbon cresting and decorated with suspending four-colour gold floral festoons; the projecting corners are applied with gold rosettes. The circular dial with pale pink translucent enamel over sunburst guilloché background with burgundy red Roman numerals and entwining laurel; the centre of the dial inscribed Fabergé in cursive; ribbon-tied bezel with opaque white enamel.

Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel Circular Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 1949

diameter: 10.2 cm

Silver-gilt circular clock, enamelled chartreuse over wavy sun-ray guilloche ground applied with overlaid olive branches surrounding a white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals and pierced gold hands, set within gadrooned gold bezel; the ivory back with hinged scroll strut.

Desk clock by Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, 1896-1908 British Royal Collection

Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel

Circular Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

diameter: 10.5 cm

Christie’s, London, 6 June 2011, lot 107 (price realised £109,250)

Circular silver-gilt clock decorated with raspberry enamel over a wavy guilloché ground applied with a continuous pattern of intertwining acanthus leaves, centred by an opaque white enamel dial with Arabic chapters and openwork gold hands.

Gold,

Silver-Gilt

Enamel Circular Desk Clock by Fabergé

and

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 7579 diameter: 10.7 cm

Gold and silver-gilt circular clock, the surface decorated with lilac guilloché enamel applied with radiating bands of red gold, the border chased with green gold acanthus leaves; centred by an opaque white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and openwork gold hands, the bezel set with pearls.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Triangular Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks contained in the original fitted box

height: 13 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby’s Geneva, 16 & 17 November 1998, lot 393

Silver-gilt and enamel triangular clock decorated with gold and white geometric shaped panels over a sunburst guilloché ground, centred by an opaque white enamel dial with Arabic chapters and openwork gold hands; contained in the original holly wood fitted box.

Gold and Enamel Square Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 10475 contained in the original fitted box

height: 11.9 cm

Provenance:

Presented on behalf of Tsar Nicholas II to Alphonse Bertillon, 4th of August 1908, and thence by descent.

Literature:

S. Bertillon, Vie d’Alphonse Bertillon, Paris, [141?], p. 184.

Alphonse Bertillon, (April 23, 1853, Paris — Feb. 13, 1914), chief of criminal identification for the Paris police who developed an identification system known as anthropometry, or the Bertillon system.

Imperial presentation gold square clock resting on its point, centred by a circular opaque dial with Arabic chapters and openwork gold hands held in a pearl set bezel, decorated with translucent oyster enamel over a sunburst guilloché ground, mounted with green gold laurel swags bound with red gold ties and fixed with chased red gold bows, the border chased with a band of green gold laurel leaves and red gold floret at each corner, supported on a scrolled silver-gilt strut, with original ivory back, contained in the original silk and velvet lined fitted holly wood case, the lid stamped ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa’ beneath Imperial warrant.

Trefoil-Shaped Rock Crystal, Gold and Silver-Gilt Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks and silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 3228

height: 11 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby’s New York, 8 December 1992, lot 185, price realised $46,200

A la Vieille Russie, New York

The Forbes Collection

Exhibitions:

The World of Fabergé: Russian Gems and Jewels, Museum of Natural Science, Houston, 11 February – 10 July 1994

Literature:

The World of Fabergé: Russian Gems and Jewels, Houston, 1994, illustrated p. 46

M. Kelly, Fabergé Table Clock // Chronos, Fall/Winter 1995, illustrated p. 64 Fabergé. Forbes Collection, 1999, p. 125 (illustrated)

Rare and unusual trefoil-shaped Fabergé crystal clock. The crystal panel is centred with a circular silver-gilt and white enamelled dial with Arabic numerals, set with a bezel of green enamelled laurel with diamonds and backed with a scroll gold strut. Attached to the dial are three smaller ribbontied laurel wreaths mounted with red cabochons and diamonds.

A similar rock crystal clock from the collection of Frank Sinatra was auctioned at Christie’s, New York, December 1, 1995, lot 56.

Desk clock by Fabergé, workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, 1896 - 1900 British Royal Collection

Jewelled Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel

Semi-Circular Desk

Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks and silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 51996

width: 17 cm

Provenance:

His Excellency Al-Tajir

Sale: Christie’s New York, 19 October 2001, lot 133, price realised $314,000

Exhibitions:

The Glory of the Goldsmiths. Magnificent Gold and Silver from AI-Tajir Collection, Christie’s London, 1989

Literature:

The Glory of the Goldsmiths. Magnificent Gold and Silver from AI-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, p. 270

Semi-circular clock overall enamelled in translucent yellow over a sunburst guilloché ground, centred with a white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters set with a seedpearl bezel and overlapping pierced diamond trelliswork lower border, the outer rim is chased with gold laurel wreath highlighted with rose-cut diamond-set flower heads, further enhanced with varicoloured flower garlands and festoons, surmounted by a laurel tied ribbon bow and quiver, back with a scroll strut; marked on lower rim, back and strut.

Christie’s, London, 25 November 2019, lot 253 (price realised £118,750)

Silver-Gilt and Enamel StarShaped Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks contained in the original fitted box

height: 12 cm

Silver-gilt and red guilloché enamel desk clock shaped as a six-pointed star; centred by an opaque white enamel dial with Arabic chapters and openwork gold hands; contained in the original fitted case.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Star-Shaped Desk Clock by

Fabergé

workmaster Victor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no.14526

height: 14 cm

Silver-gilt desk clock formed as a sixpointed star, the surface enamelled in translucent canary yellow over sunburst engine-turning, with an opaque white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and openwork gold hands set within a seed-pearl bezel.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Pendant Watch by Fabergé

workmaster Alfred Thielemann, St Petersburg, 1904-1908

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks contained in the original fitted box

height: 4.7 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé and the Russian Jewellers, A Loan Exhibition, Wartski, London, 10 – 20 May 2006, no. 246

Literature:

Fabergé and the Russian Jewellers [exhibition catalogue], London, 2006, no. 246, p. 94, illustrated p. 87

Suspending spherical watch set with diamonds and overall decorated with green guilloché enamel, the bar decorated with a diamondset basket with flowers; contained in the original box.

Nephrite and Silver Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, French import marks, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 24 cm

Large and very rare Fabergé nephrite desk clock in neo-rococo style with movement by H. Moser & Cie. An asymmetrically cut translucent nephrite panel is set within a silver rocaille border and centred by a black and white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and openwork gold hands. The dial is surrounded by an opulent Louis XV-style silver mount cast and chased with scrolls and flowers. The top of the composition portrays an amorous couple: a young musician entertaining a lady with a lap dog. The piece is supported on a scrolled silver strut and comes with a fitted leather case.

Jewelled Gold, Silver-Gilt, Enamel and Aventurine Square Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks and silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 10.8 cm

Square silver and pink avanturine desk clock with blue enamel border, applied with diagonally placed gold ribbon-tied thyrsus stuffs; with opaque white enamel dial inscribed with black Arabic chapters, gold Louis XV hands and reed-and-tie silver-gilt bezel.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Rectangular Desk Clock by

Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 91 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 13370

height: 8.8 cm

Rectangular silver-gilt desk clock decorated with powder blue enamel over a wavy guilloché ground; within a silver-gilt beaded border; the bezel with a silver-gilt beaded rim; the white enamel dial inscribed with black Arabic chapters and gold openwork hands.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Square Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 18067

height: 11.4 cm

Square silver-gilt desk clock enamelled in pale blue over a sunburst guilloché ground, centring a white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters and pierced gold hands; within a seed-pearl bezel, framed by a silver-guilt laurel and thyrsus border; all within a tied-reeded outer border, with silver-gilt scroll strut.

Silver and Enamel Circular Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 17509

diameter: 11.5 cm

Circular silver desk clock, the body enamelled in translucent lime green over a wavy sunburst guilloché ground and mounted with a palmette-chased silver border, centring a white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters and pierced hands, within a pearl-seed bezel, all within an acanthuschased outer border, the ivorine back with a silver-gilt scroll strut, the back-plate with hand-set.

Silver and Enamel Circular Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched numbers 658A and BNMMM

diameter: 10.5 cm

Circular silver desk clock decorated with turquois guilloché enamel and applied with a ring of entwined laurel; the dial framed with a palmette-chased silver border.

Silver and Enamel Rectangular Desk

Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 91 zolotniks

height: 13.6 cm

Silver-gilt rectangular with white guilloché enamel desk clock with wavy engine-turning within a silver-gilt acanthus leaf border; the bezel set with a row of seed pearls, the white enamel dial inscribed with black Arabic chapters and rosegold openwork hands.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Triangular Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 11 cm

engraved laurel-leaf outer border enclosing a blue guilloché enamel ground applied with gold ribbon-tied laurel swags suspended from pearls at the upper border; the circular white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals and pierced gold hands within a seed-pearl border.

Jewelled Silver-Gilt and Enamel Semi-Circular Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, French import marks, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 57930

width: 17.5 cm

Lime green guilloche enamel silver-gilt desk clock, centring a white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters and pierced gold hands, within a seed-pearl bezel; the body applied with trelliswork mounts set with seed-pearls and silver-gilt roses at intervals, highlighted in red and green, with two palm branches in the openwork reserve, all within a laurel-chased outer border applied with rosettes at corners, with silver scroll strut and ivory back, marked throughout, engraved ‘ Rose’ on the lower border, also with French import marks.

Gold, SilverGilt and Enamel Square Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks,

height: 15 cm

A varicoloured gold and silver-mounted square clock resting on its point, the surface enamelled in translucent green over concentric engine-turning applied with ribbon tied garlands of flowers, the bezel set with seed pearls, the border with a chased leaf motif, the circular strut with straight legs and applied scroll motifs, engraved with Cyrillic inscription and a feathered arrow.

For a clock of comparable design by Perkhin in lilac guilloché enamel, please see A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé Clocks, London, 1986, p. 28.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Circular Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

diameter: 11.3 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Christie’s Geneva, 11 May 1982

Exhibitions:

Fabergé in America, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 February – 28 April 1996, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 25 May – 28 July 1996, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 24 August – 3 November 1996, New Orleans Museum of Art, 7 December 1996 – 9 February 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art, 12 March – 11 May 1997, no. 321

Literature:

Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996,

Silver-gilt circular clock, decorated with a slightly rising dark blue sunburst guilloché enamel crescent moon on a white sunburst guilloché enamel ground, and an asymmetrically set white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters, gold hands and a seed pearl bezel.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Egg-Shaped Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 14 cm

Silver-gilt egg-shaped desk clock decorated with translucent pale blue over guilluché ground, applied with ribbon-tied laurel swags suspended from rosettes at the upper border; all within a chased and engraved silvergilt outer rim; the bezel with a seed-pearl border; the white enamel dial inscribed with black Arabic chapters and gold openwork hands.

Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel Square Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks and silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 18153

height: 10.5 cm

Provenance: Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1965) until 1952

Rare and unusual gold and silver-gilt square desk clock enamelled in translucent pale blue over a guilloché ground and applied with gold foliate scrolls and four rosettes; further within a white guilloché enamel frame painted with interlaced green laurel garland and red ribbon; the white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals with gold openwork hands and a pearl bezel.

The clock comes from the collection of Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1965), one of the twentieth century’s most prolific Fabergé collectors. It was part of his extensive collection and among the pieces seized by Nasser’s Republican government and subsequently sold in March 1954 in Cairo.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Square Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 45797

height: 10 cm

Exhibitions: Fabergé in America, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 February – 28 April 1996, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 25 May – 28 July 1996, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 24 August – 3 November 1996, New Orleans Museum of Art, 7 December 1996 – 9 February 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art, 12 March – 11 May 1997, no. 314

Literature:

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, no. 314, illustrated p. 285

Exceptional silver-gilt square desk clock enamelled in translucent orange over a sunburst guilloche ground, applied with silver-gild ribbon-tied laurel garlands and two arrows, pointed at upper corners; with a silver-gilt rim chased with acanthus leaves and a white enamel dial inscribed with black Arabic numerals.

Silver and Enamel Square Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 1083

height: 10.5 cm

Square silver-gilt desk clock, enamelled in translucent lilac over a chevron guilloché ground, applied with ribbontied laurel garlands entwined over batons with pinecone terminals, centred with a white enamel dial within a silver border mounted with a row of seed pearls, inscribed with black Arabic chapters and with rose gold openwork scrolling hands, all within a chased leaftip silver border with rosette corners, an ivorine reverse and a silver strut inscribed ‘Ned. zav.’ in Cyrillic, in a fitted wooden case.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Rectangular Desk Clock by

Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1914

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Latin, London import marks for 1914, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 2446

height: 8 cm

Provenance: Purchased by Mrs. W.B. Leeds (1873-1923) from Fabergé’s London branch in December 1915 for £22.

Literature:

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, listed p. 348

Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931)

Princess Anastasia of Greece (Mrs Leeds), Private collection

Rectangular desk clock with blue guilloché enamel and a silver beaded border; the bezel with a silvergilt beaded rim; the white enamel dial inscribed with black Arabic chapters and gold openwork hands.

The clock was originally purchased by Nancy Leeds, a wealthy American heiress eventually known as Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark (1878 – 1923). Mrs. Leeds was one of Fabergé’s most prolific customers in London. Her collection included clocks, cigarette cases, animal carvings, flower studies and frames.

Mrs Leeds first married George Worthington and then William Bateman Leeds (1861-1908), known as the ‘tinplate king’ and owner of ‘Rough Point’ the former Vanderbilt mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Celebrated for her extravagance, she resided at 41 Grosvenor Square when in London and entertained royalty with the aid of Lady Paget who acted as social sponsor. In 1920 she married Prince Christopher of Greece (1888-1940). The following year her son, William B. Leeds, Jr., married Princess Ksenia of Russia, daughter of Grand Duke Georgi Aleksandrovich.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Triangular Desk Clock by

Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1914

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Latin, London import marks of 1914, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 24237

height: 10.5 cm

Triangular silver-gilt desk clock, enamelled with alternating stripes of black and white over a guilloché ground, centring a white dial with black Arabic chapters and pierced gold hands, within a beaded bezel, all within a laurel-chased border.

Silver and Enamel Square Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver marks of 91 and 88 zolotniks

height: 6 cm

Provenance:

Sotheby’s Geneva, 14 May 1987, lot 452

Exhibitions:

Fabergé – Juwelier der Zarenhofes Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe,12 April – 25 June 1995, p. 116, cat. no. 100

Literature:

A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, London, 1988, illustrated p. 99

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé – Juwelier der Zarenhofes, Hamburg, 1995, no. 100, p. 116

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, London, 2000, no. 516, Illustrated p. 213

Silver square clock, enamelled in translucent oyster white over wavy sunburst engine-turning, with a silver strut, a white enamel dial inscribed with black Arabic numerals and pierced gold hands.

Gold, SilverGilt and Enamel

Rectangular Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, silver marks of 88 and 91 zolotniks

height: 8.5 cm

Rectangular silver-gilt desk clock decorated with grey enamel over a wavy guilloché ground; within a chased silvergilt border; the bezel with a seed-pearl rim; the white enamel dial inscribed with black Arabic chapters and gold openwork hands.

Silver and Enamel Circular Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 57154 contained in the original fitted box

diameter: 9.4 cm

Provenance:

Purchased by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872–1918) from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 18 August 1897 for 200 roubles

Probably for Prince Louis Battenberg (1854-1921) or his wife Princess Victoria (1863-1950), who was the sister of the Empress Patricia Knatchbull, the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (née Mountbatten; 1924-2017)

Silver circular desk clock, enamelled in translucent sky blue over radiating wavy engine-turned ground, with ribbon-tied reeded border, centring a white dial within a seed-pearl set bezel, black Arabic chapter and pierced gold hands, the ivory back with circular strut.

Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel Circular Desk Clock by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrilic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks and silver mark of 91 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 16457

diameter: 12.5 cm

Provenance:

A gift from Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna to her granddaughter, Baroness Wilhelmine von SenarclensGrancey

Thence by descent

Dan Hodhges

Exhibitions:

Objects of Desire: Faberge from the Hodges Family Collection, New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, 9 November 2008 – 18 January 2009, no. 34

Literature:

J.W. Keefe (ed.), Fabergé: The Hodges Family Collections, New Orleans, 2008, no. 34, illustrated p. 122

Gold circular desk clock enamelled in coral pink over a sunburst guilloché ground, chased with ribbon-tied floral garlands; the circular white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters, pierced hands and a seed pearl bezel; all within white enamel and gold outer frame.

Silver and Enamel Square Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 91 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 16556

height: 10.3 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé. Hofjuwelier der Zaren, Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 5 December 1986 –22 February 1987, no. 415

Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsars, Stockholm, National Museum, 6 June 1997 – 19 October 1997, no. 142

Literature:

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé. Hofjuwelier der Zaren, Munich, 1986, no. 415, p. 225, illustrated in colour

Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsars, Stockholm, no. 142, p. 170, illustrated in colour

Square silver desk clock, enamelled bright pink over a wavy sunburst

guilloche ground, with white enamel dial within pearl bezel, black Arabic numerals and pierced gold hands; the outer border with a repetitive leaf pattern; the back mounted with a hinged scroll strut.

The Nephrite Collection

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Presentation

Folio by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1895 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 23 cm; width: 15.5 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby’s London, 1 December 2004, lot 348

A carved nephrite cover, hinged, framed with two-colour gold border chased with laurel leaves, further decorated with enamelled Russian and French tricolour flags and set with four large diamonds at the corners; the upper-left corner applied with gold and enamel coat-of-arms of St Petersburg encrusted with rose-cut diamonds, surrounded by coats-of-arms of Schlüsselbourg, Tsarskoe-Selo, Peterhof, Yambourg, Novaya Ladoga, Gdov, and St Petersburg. The folio contains a presentation letter to the French President, in French, signed in 1897 by the nobility representatives from St Petersburg and the seven local districts, finely decorated with medallions and arabesques, also with a note in Russian. The French President at the time was FrancoisFélix Faure (1841-1899). He contributed greatly to Franco-Russian relations and helped solidify the alliance with Russia by receiving Nicholas II and the Tsarina in Paris in October 1896.

The President’s reciprocal voyage to Russia took place in August 1897. The nephrite folio and the document were presented to the French President on his arrival in St Petersburg. The letter expresses gratitude to the President for his warm welcome to the Russian Navy in 1893 and the dazzling reception prepared for the visit of Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarina to France in 1896.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Page Turner by Fabergé

in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), no. 54279

A large Imperial presentational paper knife with a nephrite blade and reeded two-colour gold handle, the blade set with a finely chased and engraved Imperial double-headed eagle; contained in a contemporary unmarked fitted case.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Paper Knife

by Fabergé

workmaster Fyodor Afanassiev, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 27 cm

Provenance:

Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia

A large nephrite paper knife mounted with red and green gold trails of forgetme-not flowers.

Pair of Silver-Gilt-Mounted Nephrite Candlesticks

by Fabergé

workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 791

height: 16.2 cm

Provenance: King George I of the Hellenes

A pair of silver-gilt-mounted nephrite table candlesticks; the square nephrite bases on four silver-gilt bun feet, applied with silver-gilt ribbon-tied foliate swags, the nephrite column stems on bead and foliate silver-gilt bases, with detachable beaded nozzles.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

St Petersburg, 1899-1908

Fabergé hallmark (KF in Cyrillic), assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 23937

length: 8.7 cm

A nephrite cigarette case of rectangular form with rounded corners; the rim of the hinged cover with a ruby-set gold and white enamel border and a diamond-set push-piece.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (A.R. in Cyrillic), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 13800

length: 9.7 cm

A nephrite cigarette case, rectangular with rounded corners, applied with a ribbon-tied laurel swag, the hinged lid decorated with a gold laurel-chased border enamelled in pink.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Cigarette Case

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 8.5 cm

A gold-mounted cigarette case carved from nephrite, mounted with a cabochon ruby push-piece and a gold and white enamel ruby-set bezel chased with laurel leaves.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Box by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 5804 length: 10.5 cm

A rectangular nephrite box, the edges are mounted with two-colour gold borders chased with laurel leaf tips and set with flowerheads at the corners.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Letter Holder by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 3239

height: 7.6 cm

Provenance: A la Vieille Russie, New York Forbes Collection

Exhibitions:

Fabergé in America, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 February - 28 April 1996, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 25 May - 28 July 1996, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 24 August - 3 November 1996, New Orleans Museum of Art, 7 December 1996 - 9 February 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art, 12 March - 11 May 1997, no. 289

Literature:

Forbes Magazine, 1 May 1977, illustrated in colour p. 102

Ch. Forbes, H. Waterfield, Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, no. 106, pp. 86-87, 130, 135, illustrated in colour p. 87

M. Amayo, The Forbes Magazine Collection // Connoisseur, vol. 203, no. 818, April 1980, illustrated p. 287

A. Hess, Forbes’ Fabulous Fabergé // Saturday Review, August 1980, illustrated p. 45

J. Price, Executive Style, New York, 1980, illustrated p. 169

A. von Solodkoff, Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 176, illustrated pp. 6, 176

S. Jacobson, Only the Best, New York, 1985, illustrated p. 50

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, no. 289, illustrated p. 269

Ch. Forbes, R. Tromeur-Brenner, Fabergé: The Forbes Collection, 1999, p. 207, illustrated p. 206

A rectangular nephrite letter holder mounted en cage with a continuous twocolour gold rim chased with laurel leaf tips and set with flowerheads at the corners, resting on four bun feet.

Jewelled Gold Nephrite and Enamel

Parasol Handle by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 7.6 cm

A ball-shaped nephrite parasol handle set with a row of rose-cut diamonds and two larger collet diamonds, supported on a cylindrical stem enamelled in translucent red over a moiré guilloché ground, the gold bezels chased with acanthus leaves.

Jewelled Gold Nephrite and Enamel

Parasol Handle by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917 struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 10.3 cm

A parasol handle carved from a single piece of nephrite into a tapering circular cylindrical form, finely inlaid with diamond-set ribbon bows centred by cabochon rubies, the gold mount enamelled in translucent oyster over a guilloché ground and applied within bands of rose-cut diamonds.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Miniature Nephrite

Bassinet by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917 struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 20295

length: 11 cm

A miniature bassinet carved from a single piece of nephrite, contained in two-colour gold frame and enamelled in white over a scaled arched support, decorated with chased green gold ribbon-tied acanthus swags set with cabochon moonstones.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Tray by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 16460?

width: 13.3 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby’s London, 28 November 2006, lot 325, sold for £148,00.00

A heart-shaped nephrite tray mounted with a gold rim chased with laurel leaf tips and set with rubies; contained in its original velvet and silk-lined holly wood fitted case, the lid silk stamped ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow, London’ beneath Imperial warrant. An aventurine bowl of identical shape by Perchin was exhibited in “Fabergé and His Contemporaries”, Helsinki, 1980. See Catalogue, no. 96, p. 98. Another Perchin aventurine bowl with jewelled rim mount, heart-shaped but symmetrical and without the curled point, was exhibited in “Fabergé: Hofjuwelier der Zaren,” Berlin, 1986-7. See Catalogue, no. 206, p. 162.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Casket by

Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 7340

height: 7.5 cm

Provenance: Wartski, London

Sale: Habsburg, Feldman Geneva, 16 November 1988, lot 79, price realized CHf 88,000

The Kazan Collection

Sale: Christie’s New York, The Kazan Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé, 15 April 1997, lot 116, price realized $211,500.

Literature:

M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé: La Collection William Kazan, Paris, 1996, illustrated p. 81

A miniature nephrite casket mounted with gold clasp and hinges decorated with translucent red enamel over a guilloché ground and set with rose-cut diamonds; further fitted with suspending gold ring handles set with rose-cut diamonds. Marked inside each hinge and beneath the clasp.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Charka by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory

width of nephrite bowl: 10.7 cm width over handle: 12.7 cm

Provenance:

This piece was presented by Tsar Nicholas II to H.M. Sultan Abdul Hamid II

An ovoid shape nephrite bowl in Neo-Renaissance taste with a red gold openwork handle finely decorated with scrolls enamelled in white opaque, translucent red and green, further applied with three turquoise flower heads and surmounted with a large table-cut sapphire and four diamonds, each in a raised black enamel collet, the underside of the handle finely engraved with foliate strapwork and finished with two scroll supports.

The Neo-Renaissance style is restricted in Fabergé’s oeuvre to a small number of showpieces, all by the chief workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, such as the Renaissance Egg presented by Alexander III to his wife Maria Fyodorovna in 1894, now in the Fabergé Museum in St Petersburg, the rock crystal vase from the collection of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and the rock crystal charger from the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. A similar kovsh in nephrite is in the Treasury Room

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Charka

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 14600

width over handle: 8.7cm

A bowl of circular form carved from a single piece of nephrite, held à cage within green and yellow gold rocaille foliate mounts, with a shaped gold handle similarly decorated with rocaille scrolls and enamelled in translucent red over a guilloché ground.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Kovsh by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 7154

length: 8 cm

Provenance:

Purchased by the Empress Maria Fyodorovna for Christmas in 1891 for 115 roubles from Fabergé St Petersburg branch, then by descent through the Danish Royal family to Christian, Count of Rosenberg

Exhibitions:

Kejserinde Dagmar Maria Fjodorovna: en udstilling om den danske prinsesse som blev kejserinde af Rusland [Maria Fyodorovna Empress of Russia: an exhibition dedicated to Danish princess who became Empress of Russia], Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, 1997, no.197

A nephrite kovsh of shaped oval form, with a bifurcated yellow gold handle surmounted by three cabochon sapphires.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Cup by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 7154

width over handle: 8.5 cm

A nephrite cup mounted with two-colour gold ribbon-tied laurel swags and rosettes and a laurel-chased border, with a circular gold foot and a gold handle modelled as a winged caryatid.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted

Bloodstone Aide-Mémoire

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory nos. 6669 & 5433

length: 12.5 cm

Provenance: Private collection, Argentina

Literature:

For the only comparable example from the Wernher Collection, Luton Hoo, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Geneva, 1987, no. 255

A hinged rectangular aide-mémoire in Neo-Rococo taste, carved in bloodstone and mounted à cage with chased and engraved two-colour gold rocaille scrolls set with rose-cut diamonds, complete with a gold pencil with a cabochon sapphire finial.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Ladle

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 16.7 cm

Provenance:

Formerly in the collection of Fabergé’s son Agathon

Literature:

A.K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, London, 1979, p. 31

A nephrite ladle with a circular bowl and a long rectangular handle mounted with chased and granulated gold, the reverse of the handle inscribed in Old Church Slavonic ‘Ye B M 1712’; contained in its original silk and velvet lined fitted holly wood box, the lid silk stamped ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa’ beneath Imperial warrant.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Paper Knife by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 34.5 cm

Provenance: Queen Maria of Yugoslavia

A large tapering paper knife carved from a single piece of nephrite, mounted with a gold handle enamelled in translucent salmon over a guilloché ground, the front of the mount applied with a finely chased yellow gold laurel wreath tied with red gold ribbons, edged with similarly tied yellow gold laurels against a red gold ground and topped with a red gold latticework decorated with dot and dash and flower motives.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Stamp Box Modelled as a Table by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 5853

height: 6 cm length: 9 cm

Literature:

G. von Habsburg-Lothringen, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Court Jeweller to the Tsars, London, 1979, p. 52

A stamp box shaped as a Louis XVI style writing desk, the sides of the box enamelled in translucent red over a guilloché ground simulating wood, applied with red gold swags and rosettes, a gold foliate rim and acanthus scrolls at the corners, the box rests on four fluted urn-shaped and tapered legs; the box is covered with a cut-cornered rectangular hinged nephrite panel mounted with a chased red gold border. Items of miniature furniture from the House of Carl Fabergé are very rare, most produced by the chief workmaster Mikhail Perkhin or Henrik Wigström.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Casket

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, London import mark of 1928, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 55646

length: 16 cm

width: 9.2 cm

height: 8 cm

Exhibitions:

A similar casket was exhibited at Fabergé 1846-1920: An International Loan Exhibition on the occasion of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, V&A, London, 23 June - 25 September 1977

A large Imperial presentation rectangular casket, the sides and hinged lid with thin nephrite panels, its two-colour gold frame chased with yellow gold leaves against a red enamel ground, the corners fixed with red gold cubes faced with chased flowerheads, the lid applied with a Russian Imperial double-headed eagle set with diamonds; the base supported on four bun feet; contained in a fitted silk-lined holly wood case.

Nephrite, Two-Colour Gold and Enamel Frame

by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck K. Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial warrant, assay master’s initials (I.L. in Cyrillic for Ivan Lyebedkin), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 26843

height: 10.4 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé 1846-1920, Victorian and Albert Museum, London, 23 June - 25 September 1977, no. PI and illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 80 & 82

A two-colour gold and enamel frame of Neo-classical design with a reeded nephrite border, the gold surface of the frame applied with oyster enamel over a wavy guilloché ground, the rectangular aperture decorated with beading and surmounted with a green gold laurel wreath and red gold ribbons; the base decorated with green enamel; raised on two gold feet; contained in the original velvet and silklined holly wood fitted case, the lid stamped ‘Fabergé, Moscow, St Petersburg, Odessa’ beneath Imperial warrant.

Jewelled Nephrite

Gold-Mounted Frame

by Fabergé

workmaster Victor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1899-1904

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 7930

height: 6.3 cm

Literature:

G. von Habsburg & A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Court Jeweller to the Tsars, London 1979, pl. 97

Jewelled gold-mounted frame cut from a single piece of Siberian nephrite conceived as a classical temple with a pediment bordered by gold, the rectangular aperture within a pearl-set bezel and flanked by columns resting on gold plinths; mounted with gold flower garlands set with cabochon rubies; contained in Wartski fitted case.

Two-Colour Gold, Nephrite and Cornelian Seal

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 11430

height: 5.7 cm

A hand seal with an egg-shaped nephrite handle, a two-colour gold reeded tapering stem with a laurel leaf border and a circular cornelian matrix.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite Cup

by Fabergé

diameter: 3.5 cm

height: 4.3 cm

A gold-mounted nephrite cup, the handle decorated with translucent red enamel over a guilloché ground and inset with ten rose-cut diamonds.

Collection of Hardstone Animal Carvings

Large Jewelled Nephrite Model of a Terrapin by Fabergé

length: 11.3 cm

Literature:

G. Munn, ‘Fabergé and Japan’ // The Antique Collector, January 1987, p. 40 (illustrated)

An unusually large nephrite study of a terrapin; the carapace, outstretched head and tail meticulously modelled, the eyes set with diamonds in gold bezels; in Wartski fitted case.

Jewelled Agate

Model of Three Labrador Puppies by Fabergé

length: 6.7 cm

Provenance:

Ludvig and Mary Nobel family

Literature:

U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergé: His Masters and Artisans, London, 2018, illustrated in colour p. 106

A composite naturalistically modelled study of three seated labrador puppies nestling together carved from striated brown agates, the puppies to the left are carved from a striated agate orientated to give the dogs pale chests and muzzles, the puppy to the right is carved from a separate predominantly brown stone; the eyes set with rose-cut diamonds; in Wartski fitted case.

Jewelled Nephrite Model of an Eagle by Fabergé

height: 7.6 cm engraved under its right foot ‘C. Fabergé’ and scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 22503

Provenance:

Purchased by Princess Cecile Murat for £68.00 during a sales trip to Paris by Fabergé’s London branch in December 1912

Sold by Isabelle Murat on June 6, 1961, lot 88, the eagle was illustrated on the cover of the catalogue

Literature:

K. McCarthy, Fabergé in London: The British Branch of the Imperial Russian Goldsmith, London, 2017, p. 201 (illustrated)

A study of an eagle naturalistically carved from a single piece of Siberian nephrite, with outstretched open wings and rose-cut diamond eyes; contained in Wartski fitted case.

Jewelled Obsidian Model of a Bear

by Fabergé

length: 5 cm

Provenance:

In 1935, the bear appeared in a photograph of the collection of Fabergé animals of Lady Zia Wernher, a morganatic daughter of a member of the Russian Imperial family. Most likely, the bear belonged to Lady Juliet Duff who exhibited a Fabergé ‘obsidian bear’ in the London exhibition of Russian Art in 1935.

A figurine of a bear carved from a single block of Siberian obsidian, its eyes set with rose-cut diamonds; contained in Wartski fitted case.

Jewelled Agate Model of a Lioness

by Fabergé

length: 9 cm

A naturalistic model of a lioness carved with great precision from a single piece of grey-brown agate, the head proudly raised, the tail resting lazily on her back, her feet tucked in comfortably beneath; set with rose-diamond eyes; in a later fitted box.

Jewelled Agate Model of an Orangutan Fabergé

height: 6.3 cm in original fitted case

Literature:

G.C. Munn, Wartski: First Hundred and Fifty Years, London, 2015, illustrated p. 80

A carved figurine of an orangutan made from striated brown agate, set with rose-cut diamond eyes; contained in its original silk and velvet-lined wooden case stamped ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow, London’ beneath the Imperial Warrant.

Jewelled Agate Model of a Pig

by Fabergé

length: 4 cm in original fitted case

Exhibitions: Fabergé from private Collections, Warski, London, 2 December – 15 December 1992, no. 41

Literature:

G.C. Munn, ‘Fabergé and Japan’ // The Antique Collector, January 1987 (illustrated)

An agate carving of a pig in a standing position, its eyes set with diamonds; contained in its original fitted wooden case, lined with cream velvet and silk, the lining of the inside lid stamped in Cyrillic ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow’ beneath the Imperial Warrant.

Jewelled Aventurine Model of

a Pig Fabergé

length: 5.2 cm in original fitted case

A model of a pig carved from a single piece of aventurine quartz, mimicking the animal’s natural colouring, of rounded form, eyes set with cabochon rubies; contained in its original fitted case, the lid satin stamped in Cyrillic ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow’ beneath the Imperial Warrant.

Jewelled Nephrite Model of a Squirrel by

Fabergé

height: 5 cm in original fitted case

Exhibitions: Fabergé 1846-1920, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1977, no. P26

Literature: Fabergé 1846-1920, London, 1977, no. P26, p. 111

A naturalistically carved nephrite model of a squirrel, shown in a crouching position nibbling on a nut, set with rose-cut diamond eyes in gold mounts; in original silk and velvet lined fitted case stamped with Fabergé mark beneath the Imperial Warrant.

Jewelled Agate Model of

a Spaniel

by Fabergé

height: 6.5 cm engraved ‘C. Fabergé’ under the base

A model of a seated spaniel realistically carved in translucent agate, with rosecut diamond-set eyes, engraved under the base ‘C. Fabergé’.

Gold, Nephrite and Enamel Falcon

by Fabergé

circa 1900 nephrite, gold, enamel maker’s mark: KF in Cyrillic for Fabergé assay mark of Moscow gold standard: 56 zolotniks

A gold falcon perched on a vertical cylindrical post decorated with white translucent enamel over an etched guilloché ground, mounted on a square nephrite plinth installed on a circular base with white beading. Similar examples of bird figurines can be found in the Walters Art Museum (Pair of Cockatoos, inv. no. 57.1913) and the British Royal Collection (Pair of budgerigars, injv. no. RCIN 40482).

Pair of budgerigars on a perch 18961903, RCIN 40482

Collection of Cigarette Cases

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 19274

length: 8.5 cm

A gold lady’s cigarette case with a hinged cover and a diamond pushpiece, overall enamelled in translucent blue over a striped guilloché ground with ribbon-tied floral swags; the lid and the base mounted with gold bands of laurel leaves; the gold rim decorated with a laurel-leaf band over an opaque white enamel ground and two pearl-set bezels; contained in its original holly wood case, with the inside lid satin stamped ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow, London’.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster August Hollming, St Petersburg, 1899-1902

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 1277

length: 9.4 cm

Provenance:

Presented by Emperor Nicholas II to Gustav Baron von Senden-Birban (1847-1909), Vice Admiral of the Imperial German Navy in 1902 in Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia)

The Manolo March Collection

Christie’s London, 28-29 October 2009, lot 440

An imperial gold hinged presentation cigarette case with rounded corners and a diamond push piece; decorated in translucent yellow enamel over engine-turned sunburst rays emanating from the centre; the lid is applied with a diamond-set Russian Imperial doubleheaded eagle and diamond thumbpiece.; the interior is engraved in Danish: ‘Von S.Majestaet dem Kaiser v.Russland / Reval 7.8.1902 / G.Frhr.v.S.B.’

Jewelled GoldMounted Nephrite Cigarette Case by Fabergé

St Petersburg, 1899-1908

Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 23937

length: 8.7 cm

A nephrite cigarette case of rectangular form with rounded corners; the rim of the hinged cover with a ruby-set gold and white enamel border and a diamond-set push-piece.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Silver-Gilt and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 26024

length: 8.9 cm

A jewelled silver-gilt and translucent green guilloché enamel cigarette case of curved rounded rectangular form, applied with gold bands of chased laurel leaf-tip, the thumb-piece centred with a cabochon ruby.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 55672

length: 9.2 cm

Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 26 November 2008, lot 200

A gold cigarette case of rounded rectangular form, finely enamelled in translucent pale blue over a wavy guilloché ground, applied with twocolour gold bands chased with laurel leaves; set with a diamond thumb-piece; contained in its original holly wood fitted case lined with silk and velvet; the lid satin stamped in Cyrillic ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa’.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 4104

length: 8.5 cm

Provenance: H.M Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VI and sister of Marie Alexandrovna Empress of Russia

A gold cigarette case of oval cylindrical shape with a hinged lid and a diamond thumb-piece; overall enamelled in translucent oyster over a guilloché ground, applied with gold stripes and a border chased with rosettes and leaves enamelled in pink and green.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 7710

length: 8.5 cm

A gold lady’s cigarette case of oval cylindrical shape with a hinged lid and a diamond push-piece, enamelled overall with alternating cream and red stripes, the borders and the rim set with rows of seed pearls.

Jewelled Lacquer and Gold Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 3763

length: 8.5 cm

A rectangular oval section lady’s cigarette case, overall enamelled with opaque orange stripes, interspersed across its body with engraved lines of red and green gold, highlighted with chased of entrelac; spring-hinged and set with a single diamond push-piece.

Jewelled SilverGilt and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster August Hollming, 1899-1908 workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 6225

length: 7.5 cm

Provenance: Presented by King Edward VII

A silver-gilt cigarette case of rounded rectangular form, enamelled in translucent scarlet over a sunburst guilloché ground emanating from an old cut diamond; the interior of the lid inscribed ‘From Edward R Xmas 1905’; with the original leather slipcase.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Bloodstone Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, London import marks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 13254

length: 8 cm

A jewelled gold-mounted cigarette case carved from bloodstone; the hinged cover with a white and red enamel band.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 72 zolotniks, London import marks

length: 8.1 cm

Provenance:

This case was initially purchased for £111 from the London branch of Fabergé on the 21st of November, 1911 by the English novelist Ronald Firbank (1886-1926)

From the collection of H.R.H. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

Exhibitions:

Fabergé 1846-1920, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 23 June - 25 September 1977, no. K28

Fabergé from the Royal Collection, The Queen’s Gallery, London, 1985, no. 323

Literature:

H.C. Bainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé, London, 1949, illustrated pl. 107

A gold lady’s cigarette case of oval cylindrical shape with a hinged lid and a diamond push-piece, enamelled overall in opaque white with gold stripes, the ends and the rim mounted with gold and green enamel laurel bands set with diamonds; each side centred with an oval white enamel medallion bordered with the same laurel leaf ornament: one blank, the other with a basket of flowers set with rose-cut diamonds; contained in the original box.

Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

length: 9.5 cm

Provenance: Presented by Grand Duchess Elizabeth (sister in law of Alexandra III) to her father Grand Duke Louis V of Hesse during his visit to St Petersburg in 1889

A gold cigarette case, enamelled in red over a sunburst gulloché ground, applied with gold bands, with an additional match compartment and tinder cord, the inside lid inscribed ‘Ilyinskoe / from your very own / 5 July 1889’.

Jewelled GoldMounted SilverGilt and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 3563

length: 9.5 cm

Exhibitions: Fabergé, a loan exhibition for the benefit of The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian National Museum of Design, 22 April - 21 May 21 1983, no. 190

A silver-gilt cigarette case of rectangular form oval in section, enamelled in translucent lilac over a guilloché ground, applied with red gold stripes chased with laurel leaf-tips and entrelac banding; with a hinged match compartment and a silk tinder slide; set with a diamond-set finial and a diamond push-piece.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 13800

length: 9.7 cm

A nephrite cigarette case, rectangular with rounded corners, applied with a ribbon-tied laurel swag, the hinged lid decorated with a gold laurel-chased border enamelled in pink.

Jewelled Two-Colour Gold Cigar Case

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 13800 length: 15.7 cm

Two-colour gold cigar case of flattened oval form with engine turned decoration, applied with green gold bands of acanthus leaves framing intertwined acanthus motif, the ends engraved with reeding, the thumb-piece set with diamonds and a cabochon ruby, the interior of the case centred with a raised scrolled motif serving to separate two cigars; contained in Wartski fitted case. A design for a similar cigar case is illustrated p. 168 of Golden Years of Fabergé - Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop.

Jewelled SilverGilt and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

A silver-gilt cigarette case, rectangular in form, overall enamelled in dark raspberry over a moiré guilloché ground, set with a rose-cut diamond push-piece.

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, London import marks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 22235

length: 8.7 cm

Provenance:

Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch, purchased from Fabergé’s London branch in 1918 for £21

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite Cigarette Case

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 8.5 cm

A gold-mounted cigarette case carved from Siberian jade (nephrite), mounted with a cabochon ruby push-piece and a gold and white enamel ruby-set bezel chased with laurel leaves.

Jewelled Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Albert Holmström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, length: 8.5 cm

A gold and silver-gilt cigarette case of rectangular form with rounded corners, decorated with red translucent enamel over a gulloché sunburst ground with basketweave borders, the upper left corner applied with a gold diamondset medallion of Saint George slaying the Dragon; with a diamond push-piece.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 9.5 cm

Literature:

H.C. Bainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court and the Principal Crowned Heads of Europe, London, 1949, illustrated in colour p. 88, pl. 92

A gold cigarette case decorated with radiating panels enamelled in translucent yellow over a dashed guilloché ground and painted with black dendritic motifs divided by bands of opaque black enamel with gold dot-dash pattern relief, the thumb-piece set with a cabochon moonstone.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 16289

length: 8.7 cm

Provenance: Princess Ella of Hesse, sister of Tsarina

Alexandra Feodorovna

A gold lady’s cigarette case, the guilloché ground engraved with thistles and overlaid with translucent lilac enamel; the borders decorated with a trail of green gold laurels and seed pearls, the thumb-push set with a green tourmaline.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Silver-Gilt and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908 workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 14013

length: 8.5 cm

Provenance:

The Kazan Collection

Lord Ivar Mountbatten

Exhibitions:

Fabergé Hofjuwelier de Zaren, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 5 December 1986 –22 February 1987, no. 464

Literature:

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé Hofjuwelier de Zaren, Munich, 1986, no. 478, p. 236 (illustrated)

M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé: La Collection William Kazan, Paris, 1996, illustrated p. 104

A silver-gilt cigarette case decorated with translucent salmon enamel over a guilloché ground engraved with polka dots and ribbon-tied flower swags, mounted with gold laurel borders; the hinged cover set with a seed-pearl border; with a diamond push-piece.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Silver-Gilt and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 3564

length: 8.2 cm

Provenance: The Harcourt Collection

A Rococo revival rectangular oval section silver-gilt cigarette case, overall enamelled in yellow over a patterned weave guilloché ground; overlaid with gold rocaille scroll and floral cagework; set with a cabochon ruby and diamondset thumb-piece.

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 72 zolotniks

length: 9.8 cm

Provenance:

Mrs Alice Keppel (1869-1947)

Mrs Sonia Cubitt, daughter of Mrs Keppel Christie’s Geneva, 11 May 1989 (Objets de Vitrine from the Collection of Mrs. George Keppel) Private collection

Exhibitions:

Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsars, Stockholm, National Museum, 6 June 1997 – 19 October 1997, no. 102

Literature:

Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsars, Stockholm, p. 145, no. 102 (illustrated)

Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

A gold cigarette case of rectangular form with arched top and bottom decorated in translucent royal blue enamel over an engine-turned ground, divided by vertical gold stripes, the gold mounts are engraved with flowerheads and laurel leaf bands, further set with a diamond thumb-piece; contained in its original holly wood fitted case lined with silk and velvet; the lid satin stamped in Cyrillic ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow, London’.

Gold and Enamel Cigar Case by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 72 zolotniks

length: 10.6 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé, a loan exhibition, A la Vieille Russie, New York, 1983, no. 200

Fabergé, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, no. 478

Fabergé in America, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 February - 28 April 1996, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 25 May - 28 July 1996, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 24 August3 November 1996, New Orleans Museum of Art, 7 December 1996 - 9 February 1997, Cleveland

Museum of Art, 12 March - 11 May 1997, no. 320

Literature:

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé, Munich, 1986, p. 241-242, no. 478 (illustrated)

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, p. 290, no. 320 (illustrated)

A gold cigar case of tubular form decorated with alternating bands of red guilloché enamel and bands of chased gold laurel leaves; the top and base are both adorned with a gold rosette; set with a single diamond push-piece.

Jewelled Gold, Enamel and Hardstone Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 72 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 11593

length: 9.3 cm

A cigarette case of tubular form decorated in translucent emerald green enamel over a waved guilloché ground, set each end with a foiled red moss agate raised on a red collet, enhanced further with layered borders of pearls and chased laurel leaf-tips, centred with a rose-cut diamond push-piece.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 5431

length: 9.2 cm

A rectangular oval in section cigarette case, decorated in translucent oyster guilloché enamel, highlighted with tied red ribbons, green enamel laurels and inlaid gold, framed with bands of seed pearls, with a hinged lid set with a diamond push-piece. The design for this case is similar to the Gatchina Palace egg and the square clock of the late King Farouk of Egypt - both by Mikhail Perkhin.

Two-Colour Gold Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1913 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé initials in Latin, London import marks, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 9.4 cm

Hinged rectangular cigarette case constructed from green and red gold parts meticulously joined together, overall decorated with alternating navy blue and double white champlevé enamel stripes. The rest of the body with fluting on etched guilloché ground. Fitted with a diamond-set thumbpiece.

Two-Colour Gold Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

workmaster August Hollming, St Petersburg, 1899-1908

struck with workmaster’s initials, assay master’s mark (Cyrillic initials Ya.L for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, contained in original fitted case

length: 9.8 cm

Hinged rectangular cigarette case fitted with a match compartment, the reeded body in alternating bands of red and yellow gold; the push-piece is a cabochon sapphire set in a gold bezel. The case is contained in an original holly wood case lined with off-white satin and velvet, stamped on the back lid FABERGÉ, St Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa under the Imperial warrant.

Silver Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

workmaster August Hollming, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

struck with maker’s mark: Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

length: 9.4 cm

Hinged silver cigarette case of rounded rectangular shape with reeded decoration and a match compartment mounted with a strike plate; the thumbpiece set with a cabochon sapphire fitted into the lid.

Silver Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1908-1917

struck with maker’s mark: K. Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial warrant, silver mark of 84 zolotniks

length: 10.7 cm

Silver reeded cigarette box, rectangular with slightly rounded corners and a hinged lid; the gold-mounted thumbpiece set with a cabochon sapphire.

Silver Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1896-1908

struck with maker’s mark: K. Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial warrant, silver mark of 84 zolotniks

width: 10.4 cm; length when fully extended: 34.5 cm

Very unusual and rare silver rectangular reeded cigarette box with slightly rounded corners and a cabochon sapphire thumbpiece. The case consists of five hinged parts for cigarettes.

Silver Cigarette Case with Gold

Double-Headed Eagle by

Fabergé

workmaster Gabriel Niukkanen, St Petersburg, 1908-1917 struck with workmaster’s initials, silver mark of 84 zolotniks

Exhibitions:

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington, Delaware, 9 Sept 2000 – 18 Feb 2001, no. 747

Literature:

G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 747, p. 290, illustrated in colour

Gold-mounted silver Imperial presentation cigarette case, decorated with tapering flutes on either side, applied with a gold double-headed eagle, with a gold-mounted cabochon sapphire thumb-piece.

Silver Cigarette Case by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1898-1908

struck with maker’s mark: K. Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial warrant, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

length: 10.5 cm

Silver cigarette case of rectangular shape with rounded corners, the hinged cover repoussé and chased with canons and male figures, with a hardstone cabochon thumb-piece.

Pair of Silver and Gold Cigar Cutters by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

Fabergé hallmark, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 29345 and 29346

diameter: 4.5 cm

Both of circular shape, decorated with purple and deep blue sunburst guilloche enamel pattern further enhanced with hand painted laurel wreaths and dentritic design. By pushing a gold gadrooned button mounted on the side a spring loaded mechanism releases a steel knife decorated with a gold laurel ornamental plate. Both pieces are stamped as shown on the interior of the detachable back plates of the cutters.

Silver Cigar Set by Fabergé

workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, 1899-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial warrant, assay master’s mark (Cyrillic initials Ya. L for Yakov Lyapunov), silver mark of 88 zolotniks contained in original fitted case

size of ashtrays: length – 12.7 cm, width – 6.5 cm; size of tray: length –23.7 cm, width – 14.7 cm

Silver set consisting of 7 pieces including 6 rectangular identical ashtrays and 1 tray for cigars. All pieces are similarly decorated with beading and garlands mounted on animal feet. The tray is divided into two sections. All 7 pieces are contained in the original fitted hinged hollywood cases with beige velvet and satin. All are stamped on the back of the lid in Cyrillic with: “Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa.”

The Desk Objects

Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel Hand Mirror by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1911 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 21475

length: 9.6 cm

Silver-gilt and gold octagonal Fabergé hand mirror, the exterior border with opalescent translucent white enamel over etched guilloché ground, further decorated with gold floral ornament. The reverse also with white border mounted with gold rosettes; the centre set with a gold foliate wreath on deep green guilloché enamel over moiré ground.

The hinged swivel-shaped handle with deep green guilloché enamel on both sides with neo-classical gold ornaments. The mirror design is illustrated in Golden Years of Faberge, Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm (Alain de Gourcuff, 1999). The sketch with the mirror appears on page 73, accompanied by a handwritten number 12536 and the date 21/VII 1911.

Jewelled Gold, Bowenite and Enamel Paper Knife by

Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 18.5 cm

A paper knife with a spearhead-shaped gold blade, the carved bowenite handle in the form of a bone mounted with a gold collar with translucent salmon pink guilloché enamel painted en camaiëu simulating dendritic agate, the borders set with rows of diamonds; contained in Wartski fitted case.

Silver-Gilt, Gold and Enamel Bell Push by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), silver mark of 88 zolotniks

hight: 5.7 cm

A bell push of spherical form enamelled in scarlet over a guilloché ground, encircled by a band of oyster enamel decorated with chased green gold laurel garland, the top set with a moonstone push-piece and further applied with twocolour gold laurel swags, supported on a circular spreading silver-gilt foot chased with stylised laurel leaves. Contained in Wartski fitted case.

Imperial Silver-Gilt, Gold and Enamel Bell Push by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 59779

hight: 5.7 cm

Provenance:

Purchased jointly from Fabergé by Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna in June 1898 for 110 roubles

Collection of King George I of the Hellenes

Sale: Christie’s London 24 - 25 January 2007, lot 400, sold for £102,000

A bell push of spherical form enamelled in lilac over a guilloché ground, encircled by a band of oyster enamel applied with chased green gold laurel garland, the moonstone push-piece set within a red gold starburst motif, resting on a circular spreading silver-gilt foot chased with stylised laurel leaves.

Contained in Wartski fitted case.

Gold and Enamel Bell Push by

Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917 struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

width: 5.3 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby’s London 12 June 2007, lot 499, sold for £66,000

A bell push of circular cushion form in Neo-Rococo taste, the surface enamelled in translucent rose Pompadour over a moiré guilloché ground, overlaid with gold scroll and floral cagework, the top set with a moonstone push button, the base chased with rocaille ripples above a moulded scroll border, contained in Wartski fitted case.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Aventurine Quartz Bell Push by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 5098

width: 7 cm

A gold-mounted bell push, the main body carved from aventurine quartz, the top set with a cabochon sapphire push-piece surrounded by a collar of rose-cut diamonds, further applied with gold fleur-de-lys and gold borders.

Jewelled Silver-Gilt and Enamel Double Bell Push by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), silver mark of 88 zolotniks

width: 8.3 cm

A silver-gilt bell double push, overall enamelled in translucent yellow over a guilloché ground, the sides overlaid with ribbon-tied laurels swags, the top applied with conjoined laurel wreaths enclosing cabochon moonstone and ruby push-pieces, raised on lion paw feet.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Bowenite and Enamel Bell Push by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials, London import marks for 1908, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

width: 6.9 cm

A carved bowenite bell push of oval form, applied with green gold laurel garland and red gold rosettes, the top with a circular reserve enamelled in pink over a moiré guilloché ground, mounted with chased gold acanthus leaves and reeded borders and set with a cabochon moonstone push-pieces, supported on four raised reeded ball feet.

Gold-Mounted Silver-Gilt and Enamel Gum Pot by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

height: 5.2 cm

Provenance: The Forbes Collection

Exhibitions:

Fabergé Fantasies. The Forbes Magazine Collection, Villa Favorita, Lugano, 14 April - 7 June 1987

Fabergé, Orfevre a la Cour des Tsars, Musée

Jacquemart-André, Paris, 17 June - 31 August 1987

Fabergé, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987

Literature:

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé Fantasies. The Forbes Magazine Collection, Milan/New York, 1987

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé, Munich, 1986, p. 253, no. 509 (illustrated)

Fabergé. Forbes Collection, 1999, p. 132-133 (illustrated)

A silver-gilt gum pot of circular cushion form, overall decorated with translucent purple enamel over a moiré guilloché ground and mounted with a gold gadrooned border; the gold detachable brush with a cabochon moonstone finial in a chased leaf mount.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Rock Crystal Kovsh

by Fabergé

A rare and important kovsh, the carved rock crystal body engraved with delicate strapwork and floral garlands, the prow features a chased and engraved gold mount set with a single cabochon ruby and diamonds, a gadrooned gold stem supports a finial of chased acanthus enclosing a diamond-set pinecone, the chased gold handle shaped as elaborate foliate scrolls and set with bands of diamonds and six cabochon rubies, centred with a large octagonal portrait diamond.

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 2384

length: 15 cm

A similar kovsh in nephrite

by Mikhail Perkhin is in the collection of the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul. This piece was presented by Tsar Nicholas II to S.M. Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Calendar

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 12.5 cm

A desk calendar in Neo-Rococo taste, overall enamelled in translucent yellow over a guilloché ground, with silver-gilt mounts and lion paw feet, the apertures bordered by seed pearls display the month, day of the week and date; contained in Wartski fitted case.

height: 3.8. cm

Provenance: Forbes Collection, New York

Literature:

Ch. Forbes, R. Tromeur-Brenner, Fabergé: The Forbes Collection, 1999, illustrated p. 85

Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel Seal by Fabergé

A desk seal modelled as a miniature Imperial Cuirassier Guard helmet in gold and silver with blue guilloché enamel, with applied star insignia and eagle surmount, the white agate seal cut with a prancing horse.

Gold-Mounted Purpurine Gum Pot by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 44614

width: 6.5 cm

Gold-Mounted Bowenite Gum Pot by Fabergé

width: 6 cm

A purpurine gum pot carved as a tomato or pumpkin, with a gold detachable brush realistically modelled as a stem, chased to imitate wood, set with green demantoid garnets.

A carved bowenite gum pot formed as a tomato or pumpkin, the gold detachable brush decorated with red guiiloché enamel and fitted with a hoop finial.

Gold-Mounted Nephrite and Enamel Barometer by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks the dial inscribed in Cyrillic K. Fabergé

height: 9 cm

A gold-mounted nephrite barometer of cylindrical form, resting on two ball feet, the dial with a translucent light blue guilloché enamel border and a two-colour gold bezel chased with laurel leaves, surmounted with a twocolour gold ring handle shaped as a ribbon-tied laurel wreath.

Two-Colour Gold and Enamel Opera Glasses by

Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, height: 6 cm

Gold opera glasses decorated with of translucent pink enamel over a guilloché ground, highlighted with hand-painted dendritic leaf patterns, within yellow and gold borders of chased entrelac and reeding. Only four other examples of Fabergé opera glasses are known. Two of them, formerly in Forbes collection, belongs to the Fabergé Museum in St Petersburg (see G. Hill, Fabergé and the Russian master goldsmiths , no. 254 & 255).

A gold-mounted desk compass in the form of a Roman tripod supported by three winged terms each set with a ruby, the bezel decorated with a band of translucent royal blue guilloché enamel.

Gold and Enamel Desk Compass by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 56572

width: 4 cm

Silver Inkstand and Pair of Candlesticks by Fabergé

workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, 1899

struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic

assay master’s mark (A.R. in Cyrillic for A. Richter) assay mark of St.Petersburg

silver standard: 84 zolotniks

inkstand’s length: 31.7 cm

candlesticks’ height: 20 cm

Silver inkstand and a pair of candlesticks of Rococo design, comprising a stand, sand-box and inkwell the stand of openwork outline standing on scroll feet, chased overall with rocaille, scrolls and flowers; the candlesticks on shaped circular foot, cast and elaborately chased with spiral scrolls and rocaille, the vase-shaped stem and sockets similarly chased. The inkstand signed Fabergé, Imperial Warrant.

Silver Bell Push Modelled as a Seated Boar

by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1903

struck with maker’s mark: Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks

height: 12 cm

Silver bell push whimsically sculpted as a boar seated on hind legs with its curled tail above bell-pull string, finely chased to simulate fur, the nose set with a cabochon garnet pushpiece.

A similar pig bell push also made in Rappoport’s workshop is illustrated in Sotheby’s New York, 6 December 1995, lot 398. For another smaller one see Sotheby’s Geneva November 15, 1988 catalogue, lot 168.

Silver Bell-Push in the Form of a Sow by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s mark Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

length: 13 cm

Silver bell-push realistically modelled as a recumbent pig with its tongue hanging out, the cabochon garnet snout designed as a push-piece.

Fabergé’s silver animals were modelled after nature. Numerous animal figurines used as such models are visible in a photograph of Fabergé’s St. Petersburg studio (see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Vendome Press, 1987, p. 34).

Silver-Mounted Sandstone Matchholder by Fabergé

workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, 1899-1901 struck with workmaster’s initials and Faberé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 14 cm

Sandstone matchholder, carved in the form of a mushroom, applied with a cast and chased silver figure of a frog, with a silver well for matches; the bottom engraved with a dedicatory inscription dated 1901.

Silver Table Lighter in the Form of an Elephant

by Fabergé

workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, 1899-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials and maker’s mark Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 2413

length: 11.5 cm

Silver Bell Push Modelled as a Seated Elephant

by Fabergé

workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials and maker’s mark Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver markof 88 zolotniks

height: 9.5 cm

Humorously created, this pudgy model of an elephant portrayed seated as if a human being while looking forward; the elephant is shown in an upright position with the tip of his trunk pointed upwards, hind legs outstretched, and front legs resting on the protruding belly. The elephant is cast and meticulously finished by hand to the texture of the wrinkled skin, large floppy ears, and tusks.

Silver Table Ornament in the Form of a Pheasant by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Latin beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks

height: 13 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé, Rome, Museo del Corso, 30 October 2003 –18 January 2004

Literature:

G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé, Rome, 2003, p. 82

Silver table ornament in the form of a pheasant contemplating a caterpillar, realistically chased with feathers, mounted on a marble base.

The Frame Collection

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Frame by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 6810

height: 8 cm

A gold frame of oval form decorated in oyster enamel over a sunburst guilloché ground, the border is modelled as a laurel wreath enamelled in translucent green and set with diamonds; centred with an oval aperture within a seed-pearl bezel applied with a diamond and ruby-set tied ribbon surmount.

Nephrite, Two-Colour Gold and Enamel Frame

by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck K. Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial warrant, assay master’s initials (I.L. in Cyrillic for Ivan Lyebedkin), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 26843

height: 10.4 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé 1846-1920, Victorian and Albert Museum, London, 23 June - 25 September 1977, no. PI and illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 80 & 82

A two-colour gold and enamel frame of Neo-classical design with a reeded nephrite border, the gold surface of the frame applied with oyster enamel over a wavy guilloché ground, the rectangular aperture decorated with beading and surmounted with a green gold laurel wreath and red gold ribbons; the base decorated with green enamel; raised on two gold feet; contained in the original velvet and silk-lined holly wood fitted case, the lid stamped ‘Fabergé, Moscow, St Petersburg, Odessa’ beneath Imperial warrant.

Jewelled Nephrite

Gold-Mounted Frame

by Fabergé

workmaster Victor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1899-1904 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 7930

height: 6.3 cm

Literature:

G. von Habsburg & A. von Solodoff, Fabergé: Court Jeweller to the Tzars, London 1979, pl. 97

Jewelled gold-mounted frame cut from a single piece of Siberian nephrite conceived as a classical temple with a pediment bordered by gold, the rectangular aperture within a pearlset bezel and flanked by columns resting on gold plinths; mounted with gold flower garlands set with cabochon rubies; contained in Wartski fitted case.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Frame

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 50888

height: 7 cm

A triangular gold and guilloché enamel frame centred with an orange hexagonal panel with an opaque white border applied with three further blue panels; the oval aperture encircled with a diamond-set bezel; the outer border decorated with seed pearls.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Silver-Gilt and Enamel Frame by Fabergé

workmaster Karl Gustaf Hjalmar Armfelt, St Petersburg, 1904-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 11295

height: 8.4 cm

A silver-gilt frame of shaped rectangular form, overall enamelled in translucent pale green over a sunburst guilloché ground; applied with red and green gold acanthus ribbon ties set with rubies, an oval aperture bezel enhanced with opaque white and translucent strawberry enamel; backed with a silvergilt strut.

Jewelled Two-Colour Gold and Enamel Frame by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 53735

height: 9 cm

A gold frame of lozenge shape overall enamelled in translucent rose Pompadour over a sunburst guilloché ground, the inner bezel engraved and surmounted with an applied diamondset ribbon tie; the outer border chased with acanthus leaves; supported with a gold scroll strut.

Two-Colour Gold and Enamel Frame by

Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks

height: 10.5 cm

A gold and red guilloché enamel picture frame of rectangular form with an oval aperture in the Louis XV style, the inner and outer borders chased with rocaille scrolls, backed with an elaborate gold strut.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Frame by Fabergé

workmaster Anders Nevalainen, St Petersburg, 1899-1908

struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, silver mark of 84 zolotniks

height: 12 cm

A silver-gilt rectangular frame enamelled overall in translucent salmon over a guilloché sunburst ground; the oval aperture with a beaded border; all within a chased gold border with suspended cast and chased garlands, surmounted by a bowknot.

Jewelled Silver and Enamel Frame by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin

1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials, (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov) silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 5.5 cm

Gold and Enamel Frame by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 47444

height: 9.2 cm

A silver-gilt picture frame of rectangular form, overall enamelled in red over a sunray guilloché ground, centred with an oval aperture set with seed pearls, and further enhanced with gold sunray strips, the gold border chased with laurel leaves; supported with a slender gold strut.

Jewelled Four-Colour Gold and Enamel Frame by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with assay master’s initials (I.L. in Cyrillic for Ivan Lyebedkin), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, Fabergé inventory number illegible

height: 3.3 cm

A gold miniature oval frame, enamelled in royal blue over an etched guilloché ground, applied with fourcolour gold foliate garlands; the oval aperture encircled with a diamond-set bezel.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Frame by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with Fabergé hallmark (K.F. in Cyrillic), assay master’s initials (I.L. in Cyrillic for Ivan Lyebedkin), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 16790

height: 3.9 cm

Provenance:

Purchase from Fabergé by the Dowager Tsarina Marie Feodorovna

Purchased by Wartski from the Antikvariat on 13 February 1932 for £14 and sold to an English private collector

A gold and enamel miniature frame; the circular aperture within a pearl-set bezel, flanked by a stylised laurel leaves enamelled in green over a guilloché ground, supported on two similarly enamelled orange leaves centred by a drop set with fourteen rose diamonds; with a sealed gold back and a scrolled gold strut.

Enamelled

Silver-Mounted Karelian Birch

Frame by Fabergé

workmaster Anders Nevalainen, St Petersburg,1899-1908

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 14132

height: 16.6 cm

A rare Karelian birch silver-mounted frame with a rectangular aperture in a reeded silver bezel tied with gilded red ribbons, containing an original photograph of the Tsarevitch Alexei Nikolaevitch, surmounted by a panel enamelled in scarlet over a moiré guilloché ground and applied with chased silver-gilt festoons, mounted below the aperture with silver bellflower and rose motifs gilded green and red; contained in Wartski fitted case.

Silver-gilt and Wood Rectangular Picture Frame by Fabergé

workmaster Julius Rappaport, St Petersburg, 1899-1908

struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (J.L. in Cyrillic for Jakov Lyapunov), silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 32 cm

A large silver-gilt frame set in a wooden panel with translucent white opalescent enamel over wavy sunburst guilloche pattern, the rectangular aperture with beaded border. The indented sides of the frame are richly decorated with a bow and laurel leaf branches enveloping the reeded ribbon tied exterior border.

Silver, Wood and Enamel Frame by Fabergé

workmaster Anders Nevalainen, St Petersburg, circa 1890

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 91 zolotniks

height: 35.4 cm

Large rectangular photograph frame with translucent lavender enamel on moire guilloché ground mounted into a wooden panel. Band of enamel is with ribbon-tied reeded interior border, exterior with repetitive leaf design. Back with a retractable strut.

Objet de Vertu

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Compact by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917 struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 17498

diameter: 4.7 cm

Provenance: Sold to Lord Revelstoke for the sum of £20 and 15 shillings on 21 November 1910

A silver-gilt double-opening powder compact, enamelled overall in sky blue over a guilloché ground, further enhanced with hand-painted vine scrolls, two hinged lids bordered with chased leaves; the gilt interior fitted with a mirror.

Jewelled Silver-Gilt and Enamel Pill Box by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 2324

width: 4 cm

A heart-shaped silver-gilt pill box, overall enamelled in yellow over a basket weave guilloché ground, set centrally with a gold-rimmed diamond

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Silver-Gilt and Enamel Pill Box by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 2871

diameter: 5 cm

Provenance:

Dame Nelly Melba, Opera singer and thence by descent

A silver-gilt pill box of circular form, overall decorated with translucent white enamel over a guilloché ground, the lid applied with a jewelled pansy composed of three old-cut diamonds, one emerald and two rubies set in a gold mount, the thumbpiece set with a single cabochon ruby and two small rose-cut diamonds, the base centred with a red enamel star.

“Love Trophy”

Bonbonniere by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 47020

diameter: 4.2 cm

Provenance: Forbes Collection, New York

Exhibitions:

Fabergé: The Forbes Magazine Collection, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 25 June - 18 September 1983, no. 16

Fabergé Fantasies. The Forbes Magazine Collection, Villa Favorita, Lugano, 14 April - 7 June 1987, no. 100

Literature:

Ch. Forbes, H. Waterfield, Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, no. 67, illustrated p. 57

A. von Solodkoff, Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, pl. 74

Ch. Forbes, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé Fantasies. The Forbes Magazine Collection, Milan/New York, 1987, illustrated p.103

Ch. Forbes, R. Tromeur-Brenner, Fabergé: The Forbes Collection, 1999, illustrated p. 167

A gold bonbonniere of circular form, decorated with alternating panels of blue guilloché enamel and stippled gold applied with diamond-set flowers, the hinged lid and the bottom set with two engraved rock crystal panels engraved with a burning heart pierced with crossed arrows (bottom) and two conjoined laurel branches (top), further enhanced with white opaque borders and a diamond-set push-piece.

Gem-Set Two-Colour Gold and Enamel Cape-Clasp by

Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, assay master’s mark (Cyrillic initials Ya. L for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks contained in original fitted case

overall length: 13.2 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington, Delaware, Riverfront Arts Centre, 9 September 2000 – 18 February 2001

Fabergé – Cartier. Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 28 November 2003 – 12 April 2004

Carl Fabergé and Masters of Stone Carving. Russian Gems, Moscow, The Kremlin Museum, 8 April –24 July 2011

Literature:

G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 490, p. 208

G. von Habsburg, Fabergé – Cartier. Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, no. 421, p. 276

T. Muntyan, Carl Fabergé and Masters of Stone Carving. Russian Gems, Moscow, 2011, no. 104 p. 122

Two clasps of triangular shape, each with a pink-foiled cabochon moonstone in a rose-cut diamond mount set in a panel of opalescent white guilloché enamel applied with intertwining green and red gold laurel sprays and a cabochon ruby, with palm leaf borders. The clasps are joined by a gold chain which suspends a similar triangular pendant. Contained in original wooden case, the lid stamped with Fabergé Imperial Warrant mark, St.Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa.

Lozenge-Shaped Diamond-Set Gold and Chalcedony Brooch

by Fabergé

workmaster August Holmström, St Petersburg, circa 1900

struck with workmaster’s initials, assay master’s mark (Cyrillic initials A.R. for A. Romanov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks contained in original fitted case

length: 4.2 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé – Cartier. Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 28 Nov 2003 –12 April 2004

Carl Fabergé and Masters of Stone Carving. Russian Gems, Moscow, The Kremlin Museum, 8 April –24 July 2011

Literature:

G. von Habsburg, Fabergé – Cartier. Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, no. 435, p. 279

T. Muntyan, Carl Fabergé and Masters of Stone Carving. Russian Gems, Moscow, 2011, no. 108, p. 124

Centrally set with a cabochon chalcedony flanked by four diamonds, within a diamond-set frame.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Agate Scent Flacon

by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 17613

height: 7 cm

Provenance: Wartski, London

A scent flacon carved from brown agate and mounted with matt and polished gold scrolls in Neo-Rococo taste, the hinged lid topped by a cabochon blue sapphire with gold curb link suspension chains; contained in the original silk and velvet lined fitted wooden case, the lid silk stamped in Cyrillic ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow’ beneath Imperial warrant.

Gold and Lacquer Pill Box by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks

Gold circular pill box decorated with orange lacquer within gold rays, the cover centred with a chased gold rosette.

Jewelled Platinum and Gold-Mounted Chalcedony Pendant Brooch

by Fabergé

August Holmström, St Petersburg, circa 1900 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 73901 contained in original fitted case

height: 7.6 cm

Provenance

A La Vieille Russie, Paris, 1967

Exhibitions:

The Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweler, New York, A La Vieille Russie, 1968, no. 287

Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Design, April 22 –May 21, 1983, no. 370

Literature:

The Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweler [exhibition catalogue], New York, 1968, no. 287, illustrated p. 110

Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum [exhibition catalogue], Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Design, New York, 1983, no. 370, illustrated p. 108

Gold and Enamel Pill Box by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Cyrillic gold standard: 72 zolotniks

diameter: 5.2 cm

A gold pill box of circular form, overall decorated with stripes of yellow and orange enamel over a guilloché ground with a repetitive foliate pattern, the hinged lid decorated with gold border chased with laurel leaves.

Silver and Enamel Kovsh by

Fabergé

Anders Nevalainen, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial warrant, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 3736 length: 11.4 cm

Silver kovsh by Fabergé enamelled with translucent green and oyster ‘scales’; the border set with faceted rubies; the shaped flat handle enamelled in translucent red and set with an emerald surrounded by silver foliate mounts. A similar kovsh by Nevalainen was sold in Sotheby’s New York on December 1, 1998 (Sale NY7227, lot 11574, estimate $15,000 – 20,000).

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Kovsh by Fabergé

Anders Nevalainen, St Petersburg, circa 1890

struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial warrant, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 8111 contained in original fitted case length: 12 cm

Silver-gilt kovsh, the outer surface enamelled with translucent red, green, and white scales over sunburst engine-turning; the rim and the shaped flat handle set with moonstone cabochons; the base set with a 50 kopek coin featuring a portrait of Peter the Great. Contained in a fitted case.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Compact by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Latin, London import marks, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

diameter: 5.5 cm

A silver-gilt compact of circular form, overall decorated with translucent maroon enamel over a guilloché ground, the hinged cover with a gold rim chased with laurel leaves and acanthus rosette in the centre, the gilt interior fitted with a mirror.

Gold and Enamel Scent Bottle by

Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

height: 6.5 cm

A gold heart-shaped scent bottle, the hinged cover and body enamelled in grey over a guilloché ground, with a gold rim chased with laurel leaves, the cover set with a cabochon ruby set in a gold mount.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Agate Bonbonniere by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks

height: 4.4 cm

Provenance:

The late Stanley Marcus of Neiman-Marcus Inc., Dallas, Texas

Sale: Sotheby’s New York, 16 November 2002, lot 83

A gold-mounted hardstone bonbonniere in the form of a parrot head carved realistically from brown and grey agate, with a hinged lid with a rose-cut diamond-set bezel; the eyes set with large rose-cut diamonds in gold collets.

Silver, Gold and Enamel Scent Bottle

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908

struck with workmaster’s initials, assay master’s mark (Cyrillic initials A.R. for A. Romanov), silver mark of 88 zolotniks and gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 16666

height: 6.3 cm

Silver scent bottle enamelled in translucent blue over hatched engineturning, mounted with a gold laurelchased rim chased, covered with a hinged dome lid.

The Parasol Handle Collection

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Parasol Handle by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 14430

length: 6.7 cm

A gold parasol handle of tapering cylindrical form decorated with panels of translucent salmon pink enamel over a guilloché ground, painted with entwined laurel garland, each set with three large rose-cut diamonds and framed by chased gold and white enamel borders with small gem-set pellets at the intersections, with diamond bands around the edges, the top similarly enamelled and set with a rose-cut diamond finial.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Rock Crystal and Enamel

Parasol Handle by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre), gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 7.7 cm

A rock crystal parasol handle of tapering cylindrical form carved with trelliswork with a cabochon ruby set at each crossing, the gold mount enamelled in translucent light blue over a guilloché ground and decorated with gold ribbontied laurel swags; the top with a gold ruby-set finial chased with laurel leaves.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Parasol Handle

by Fabergé

length: 7.6 cm

Provenance:

Presented by Tsar Nicholas II to his cousin, Crown Princess Wilhelm of Germany, born Grand Duchess Celia of Mecklenburg Forbes Collection, New York

Literature:

Ch. Forbes, R. Tromeur-Brenner, Fabergé: The Forbes Collection, 1999, illustrated p. 178

A gold tau-shaped parasol handle, enamelled in translucent scarlet over a guilloché ground, embellished with gold diamond-set stripes, the thumb terminal set with a larger rose-cut diamond, the lower rim further decorated with a band diamonds; mounted with a period lace parasol, apparently by the original owner.

Jewelled Gold-Mounted Nephrite and Enamel

Parasol Handle

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

struck with workmaster’s initials, gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 10.3 cm

A parasol handle carved from a single piece of nephrite into a tapering circular cylindrical form, finely inlaid with diamond-set ribbon bows centred by cabochon rubies, the gold mount enamelled in translucent oyster over a guilloché ground and applied within bands of rose-cut diamonds.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Parasol Handle by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 6.7 cm

A gold parasol handle of tapering cylindrical form, enamelled in translucent mauve grey over a wavy guilloché ground and finely painted with a laurel trellis enclosing round brilliant cut diamonds, further set with bands of rose-cut diamonds, the top similarly enamelled over a sunburst engine turning and centred by a larger diamond.

Jewelled Gold and Enamel Parasol Handle by

Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, assay master’s initials (Ya.L. in Cyrillic for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks

length: 7 cm

A gold parasol handle of tapering cylindrical form decorated with panels of grey enamel over a guilloché ground, framed by chased gold and white enamel borders applied with diamond and enamel flower motifs, the lower part is treated as a series of cartouches each enclosing a rose-cut diamond; the top similarly decorated and set with a rosecut diamond finial; the edges applied with bands of smaller diamonds; the opening later filled with a large citrine.

The Silver Collection

Silver Imperial Presentation Bowl by

Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials and FABERGÉ in Cyrillic, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 10 cm length: 14 cm

Provenance: An imperial presentation gift from Tsar Nicholas II to the French ambassador to Russia and thence by descent

Silver Imperial Presentation Trophy by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1908–1917

struck with maker’s mark: K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 34 cm

Provenance:

Sotheby’s New York, 10/11 June 1985, Sale 5345, lot 490

Exhibitions:

Fabergé in America, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 February – 28 April 1996; Fine Arts

Museums of San Francisco, 25 May – 28 July 1996; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 24 August –3 November 1996; New Orleans Museum of Art, 7 December 1996 – 9 February 1997; Cleveland

Museum of Art, 12 March – 11 May 1997

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington, Delaware, 9 Sept 2000 – 18 Feb 2001

Literature:

Andre Ruzhnikov Russian Icons, Palo Alto, 1990, illustrated on the back cover

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, no. 302, p. 279, illustrated in colour

G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 145, p. 101, illustrated in colour

Silver Imperial presentation trophy of urn shape on a concave triangular base upheld by three double-headed eagles with spread-out wings, each perched on a polished sphere, with a domed cover surmounted by an Imperial Russian crown; the cup chased with tapering flutes at the base and a wide band of laurel leaves under the lip; inscribed: Her Imperial Majesty’s / First Prize.

Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna

Silver Imperial Presentation Trophy by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks

height: 40.5 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Christie’s Geneva, 12 November 1986, lot 150

Exhibitions:

Fabergé in America, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 February – 28 April 1996, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 25 May – 28 July 1996, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 24 August – 3 November 1996, New Orleans Museum of Art, 7 December 1996 – 9 February 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art, 12 March – 11 May 1997

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington, Delaware, 9 Sept 2000 – 18 Feb 2001

Literature:

Andre Ruzhnikov Russian Icons, Palo Alto, 1990’s, no. 885, illustrated p. 23

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, no. 303, p. 279, illustrated in colour

G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 146, p. 101, illustrated in colour

Silver Imperial presentation cup decorated with a band of laurel leaves, an empty band for an inscription and a wide band of stylized foliate motifs beneath the lip; the cover with gadrooned rim, surmounted by an Imperial crown above two laurel swags.

Silver Imperial Presentation Trophy by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1893

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 88 zolotniks

height: 43 cm

Provenance: Sale Sotheby’s London, 11 June 2008, lot 440

Silver Imperial presentation cup of urn shape on a concave triangular base upheld by three double-headed eagles with spread-out wings, each perched on a polished sphere; the body chased with tapering flutes at the base and wide band of laurel leaves, further set with an applied two-line Cyrillic inscription above and a band of alternating acanthus and anthemion floral design under the lip; th domed cover with tapering flutes surmounted by an Imperial Russian crown. Inscribed in Cyrillic: Imperial Prize / the Moscow Imperial Horse Racing Society.

Moscow Governor-General Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn

Silver-Mounted Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God

by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 23095

height: 18 cm

Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God finely painted on a wooden panel, encased in a chased and repoussé silver oklad, the halos applied with seed pearl motif border, fully hallmarked to the lower edge.

Silver Bowl Shaped as a Water Lily

by Fabergé

Moscow, 1894 struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (A.A. for Anatoly Artsybashev), assay mark of Moscow, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, diameter 13.3 cm

Silver bowl, naturalistically formed as a five-petal water lily blossom standing on a leafy stem, the interior chased with reeding and pellet-shaped pistils, engraved with Cyrillic monogram ES. A similar bowl dated 1893 is in the collection of the State Historical Museum in Moscow.

Fabergé silver vase, 1893, The State Historical Museum, Moscow

Silver Imperial Presentation Flask by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 14895

height: 42 cm

Large silver pear-shaped fluted flask on an oval moulded foot; the shoulders are applied with two lion masks from which a chain is suspended; under the rim runs a band of stylized laurel leaves; the cover mounted with the Russian Imperial double-headed eagle.

The flask was presented as an honorary award by the Russian Emperor to the winner of a shooting competition.

Following the instructions of the Russian Embassy this prize can only be awarded to a French marksman.

Silver Pilgrim Flask R & S Garrard & Co., London, 1891/1892

Obverse with: ‘Pour La Noce D’Argent D’Alexander III Et Marie Fyodorovna (Dagmar De Danemark) Empereur Et Imperatrice De Russie 1866 NovR. 9TH./OctR. 28TH. 1891’

Reverse with: ‘De La Parte De/Georges Roi Des Hellénes./Christian IX Roi De Danemark./Olga Reine Des Hellénes./Louise Reine de Danemark./Ernest Duke of Cumberland./Frédérick Prince Royal De Danemark./ Thyra Duchess Of Cumberland./ Louise Princesse Royal De Danemark./Waldemar Prince De Danemark./ Alexandra Princess of Wales./’

Provenance:

A silver wedding gift to The Emperor and Empress of Russia, 1891. The Anichkov Palace, St.Petersburg. Acquired by the Moscow Kremlin Armoury Museum from the store of state valuables, 1926.

Literature: Falkerzam, 1907, I, table 14.

Empress Maria Fyodorovna

Emperor Alexander III

Silver-Mounted Glass Decanter by Fabergé

Moscow, 1891-1899

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay mark of Moscow, silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 6309

Exhibitions:

Fabergé - Private Collections, Lahti Art Museum, 15 March – 4 May 1997

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington, Delaware, Riverfront Arts Center, 9 Sept 2000 – 18 Feb 2001

Fabergé Treasures from the Kremlin, Las Vegas, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, 30 Aug 2002 – 26 Jan 2003

Literature:

Fabergé – Private Collections, 1997, p. 12, illustrated

G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 126, p. 96, illustrated

L. Morris (ed.), Fabergé Treasures from the Kremlin, Las Vegas, 2002, p. 142-143, illustrated

The tapering fluted cylindrical body of the glass vessel is fitted with a wide silver rim and flat hinged cover; the handle is formed as a naturalistically cast and chased lizard and subtly attached to the glass. The lizard’s arched back forms the body of the handle, while its splayed feet secure the handle to the silver lid and the glass base.

Pair of Silver-Gilt and Cut-Glass Decanters by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks

height: 26.5 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Christie’s NY, 17 October 1979, lot 108

Cut-glass decanters with silver-gilt mounts, the cylindrical necks chased with acanthus leaves above girdles of laurel leaves, the hinged covers with narrow Greek key pattern border and pine cone finials atop an acanthus leaf quatrefoil, the spouts engraved with monogram MBT, applied below the necks with laurel leaf swags, the angular handles with applied ribbons and further decorated with three projecting buds.

Silver Stand and Cut-Crystal Tazza by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1896

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (L.O. for Lev Oleks), assay mark of Moscow, silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 6874

height: 25.8 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Christie’s Geneva, 11 November 1987, lot 76

Louis XVI-style silver stand and cut crystal sweetmeat dish standing on a circular base with four gadrooned peg feet chased with a laurel wreath, on four tapering fluted pilasters and hoof feet, enclosing a gadrooned and fluted inverted element with pine-cone finial.

Silver Table Lighter Modelled as Samovar by Fabergé

workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, circa 1890 struck with workmaster’s initials and maker’s mark Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 2413

height: 19.5 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé, Rome, Museo Del Corso, 30 October 2003 –18 January 2004

Literature:

G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Rome, 2003, p. 65

Silver table lighter shaped as a miniature Russian samovar with turned ebony handles. Table lighters shaped as samovars were a speciality of Fabergé. Several smaller examples in gold by Wigström have survived (see Géza von Habsburg and Marina Lopato, Fabergé Imperial Jeweler. A. Abrams, 1993, cat. 163).

Silver Model of Cannon by Fabergé

workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

struck with workmaster’s initials and maker’s mark Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (Ya.L. for Yakov Lyapunov), silver mark of 84 zolotniks

length: 25.5 cm

Exhibitions: Fabergé, Rome, Museo Del Corso, 30 Oct 2003 – 18 Jan 2004

Literature: G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Rome, 2003, p. 64

Miniature silver model of a First World War field cannon with a spring-loaded barrel and a loading breach action. Several meticulously fashioned toys of this nature were made for the Tsarevich Alexei. For a Volga steamer presented to the Tsarevich in 1913 see Ch. Forbes, R. TromeurBrenner, Faberge. The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, pp. 250-1.

Silver Presentation Plate by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks

diameter: 24.8 cm

Provenance:

Presented by Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia (18751960)

Exhibitions:

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington, Delaware, 9 Sept 2000 – 18 Feb 2001, no. 130

Literature:

G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 96

Silver dinner plate with the rim chased with an oak leaf wreath, and the cavetto engraved with an Imperial doubleheaded eagle; inscribed on the reverse in Cyrillic: “August 16, 1874-1899 from Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna”.

Grand Duchess Xenia (1875-1960) was the elder daughter of Tsar Alexander III and sister of Tsar Nicholas II.

Grand Duchess Xenia

Silver and Silver-gilt Flatware Set in Louis XVI-Style

by Fabergé

Moscow, 1908-1917 struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks

contained in the original fitted box

Silver and silver-gilt flatware set in Louis XVI-style with ribbon-tied reeded stem, comprised of 120 pieces. The end of the spoon with the ribbontied rim. Each piece incised with a coat of arms (shield with three lilies and a deer, surmounted by a military helmet with flags and a deer above). The set contained in a large original oak fitted hinged case with a lock, lined with creamcoloured suede. Inside the lid is stamped with a black double-headed eagle and a text ‘K. Fabergé, Moscow, S. Petersburg, Odessa’. Large pieces stamped in full K. Fabergé with the Imperial Warrant, and smaller items are marked with the initials KF.

Silver-Gilt and Enamel Tea Set Retailed by Fabergé

maker Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s initials I.S. for Ivan Saltykov, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 11541 contained in the original fitted box

height of teapot: 13 cm

20-piece silver-gilt tea set comprising a teapot, a sugar bowl, a creamer, 12 teaspoons, a tea strainer, a lemon fork, sugar tongs, and a sugar shovel. Silver-gild on stippled ground, decorated in multicoloured shaded cloisonné enamel with floral pattern. Contained in the original hinged oak fitted case, lined with satin and velvet. Stamped with the Fabergé trademark on the inside of the lid with the Imperial warrant.

Silver-Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Tea Set Retailed by Fabergé

maker Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s initials I.S. for Ivan Saltykov, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 11367 contained in the original fitted box

height of teapot: 14 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby’s New York, 5 December 1997, Sale 7067, lot 505

The set comprises seven pieces: teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug, sugar sifter spoon, lemon fork, caddy spoon, and sugar tongs. Contained in the original wooden fitted box lined with dark red velvet with matching silk in the recesses; the cover lined with oyster silk printed with the retailer’s trademark: ‘K. FABERGE, MOSCOW, S.PETERSBURG’ in Cyrillic with Imperial Warrant above. The pieces are of squat ovoid form with shaded polychrome cloisonné enamel eagles amidst profuse foliage and flowers in pink, green, yellow, foiled red, and shades of blue on a cream ground, edged with turquoise enamel bead borders, mother-of-pearl insulators, and finials, richly gilt interiors.

Silver Vase and Cover by Fabergé

Moscow, 1908-1917

struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, silver mark of 84 zolotniks height: 36 cm

Silver vase of tapering form with gilt interior, chased to the front with a vacant decorative cartouche with stylised cornucopia at the base , the lower body chased with a frieze of leaf motifs on the ground of raised beads and edged with bands of bead and scroll motifs, these motifs repeated   on a chased band around the circular foot, the neck rim with a band of cabochon-set garnets centring rectangular panels decorated with stylised berries, the domed cover with stylised, scroll-chased finial.

Silver Table Bell by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908

struck with maker’s mark: K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (Cyrillic initials I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks

height: 16 cm

Silver table bell realistically cast and chased as a miniature replica of the “Tsar Bell” in the Moscow Kremlin. Its surface shows all the details of the original Tsar Bell from the Kremlin including the part that cracked and fell off. Tsarina Anna appears on one side, her dress is overstamped with a Russian double-headed eagle. The upper part of the bell contains two oval icons of Christ surrounded with seraphs.