LOT 238
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Lot 238
A FABERGE PEARL-SET SILVER-GILT AND ENAMELED FRAME, MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908. Of square form the circular aperture set with half pearls on a translucent blue over a sunburst guilloche enameled ground within a gilded silver laurel border with foliate corners, the ivory back plate with lyre support. Hallmarked St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, Cyrillic mark of М·П for head workmaster Michael Perchin and with 88 silver standard. Height 3.4 inches (8.5 cm).
Estimate:
$15,000 - 20,000
€ 11,100 - 14,800
From 1872-1917, the Faberge workshops in St. Petersburg operated under the direction of three Head Workmasters, Michael Perchin, Henrik Wigstrom and Erik Kollin. See: Geza von Habsburg and Marina Lopato, Faberge: Imperial Jeweler, Faberge Arts Foundation, Washington D.C., 1993, page 438, first paragraph.
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