A JEWELED SILVER-MOUNTED GOLD BROOCH

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF OSKAR PIHL, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890

Details

A JEWELED SILVER-MOUNTED GOLD BROOCH
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF OSKAR PIHL, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
A gold-mounted rose-cut diamond bar brooch, the tapered end with three suspended gold-mounted rose-cut diamonds, marked on mount, in the original fitted case stamped in Russian 'K. Faberge Moscow St. Petersburg,' beneath the Imperial warrant
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, December 15, 1995, lot 597 (part).

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

Oskar Pihl (1860-1897), who apprenticed in the St. Petersburg workshop of August Holmström, managed Fabergé's Moscow jewelry workshop until his death in 1897. The present brooch can be dated to 1887-1897, the period in which Pihl was active in Moscow. The stamp on the inside cover of the box further dates the brooch as pre-1900; Odessa was added to the stamp when the new branch of the firm was opened in 1900.

More from Russian Works of Art

View All