A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
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A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME

MARKED FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1898, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 13390

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A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
MARKED FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1898, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 13390
In the rococo style, the asymmetrical nephrite frame with gold rocaille border set with rose-cut diamond flowers, surmounted by a plaque with the engraved inscription 'Sept. 8th 1898 from V.R.I', the oval aperture with seed pearl set bezel, enclosing an enamel portrait of Queen Louise of Denmark, the back with a scroll strut, marked on reverse and strut
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high

Presented by Queen Victoria to Queen Louise of Denmark (1817-1898).
Property of Queen Anne of Rumania; Sotheby's, Geneva, 12 December 1986, lot 308.