BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 6796

Details

A TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE TRIPLE HAND SEAL
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 6796
The tapering cylindrical nephrite handle with spreading reeded hinged base with laurel-chased borders, the outer carnelian matrix engraved with the coat-of-arms of the Demidoff family, Princes of San Donato, opening to reveal two further matrices, the first in bloodstone engraved with the crowned monogram 'OSO', the second in agate engraved with the Imperial crown, marked throughout with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
3 5⁄8 in. (9.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired from A La Vieille Russie, New York.

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Lot Essay

For a comparable triple nephrite seal and original Fabergé designs of similar hand seals, see U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, 32-35.

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