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A Jewelled Gold and Guilloché Enamel Box
Lot 154

A Jewelled Gold and Guilloché Enamel Box

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Closed8 June 2010

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A Jewelled Gold and Guilloché Enamel Box
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, circa 1890
Circular, enamelled in translucent red over a wavy guilloché ground, the hinged cover centring a gold five ruble coin depicting Empress Catherine II, within a diamond-set border, the base centring a gold coin dated 1775 within a chased laurel band, with diamond-set thumb-piece, marked inside
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

A comparable rectangular snuff box by Michael Perchin in red guilloché enamel and inset with a gold rouble coin is preserved in the Royal Collection (RCIN 40168). See C. de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, No. 174, p. 145, illustrated.