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BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 97404
Details
A GOLD AND PLATINUM-MOUNTED AMETHYST AND DIAMOND BROOCH
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 97404
Rectangular, centering an oblong cushion-cut amethyst, within an openwork diamond set laurel border and diamonds at each corner, marked on pin and guard; in the original silk and velvet-lined leather case stamped in Russian 'Fabergé Moscow St. Petersburg' beneath the Imperial Warrant
1 1/8 in. (2.6 cm.) wide
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 97404
Rectangular, centering an oblong cushion-cut amethyst, within an openwork diamond set laurel border and diamonds at each corner, marked on pin and guard; in the original silk and velvet-lined leather case stamped in Russian 'Fabergé Moscow St. Petersburg' beneath the Imperial Warrant
1 1/8 in. (2.6 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1986, lot 201.
Literature
Géza von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 246, no. 599 (illustrated).
Exhibited
West Chester, PA, QVC, The Fine Art of Fabergé: A Private Collection of Inspirations, 30 May – 1 August 1999.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, 2000, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 9 September 2000 - 18 February 2001, no. 599.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, 2000, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 9 September 2000 - 18 February 2001, no. 599.