Live Auction 1989Russian Art
A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Presentation Salt
Lot 290

A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Presentation Salt

MARKED FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 14061

Closed18 April 2008

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A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Presentation Salt
Marked Fabergé, St. Petersburg, 1904-1908, scratched inventory number 14061
The hemispherical bowl enameled in strawberry red over a guilloché ground, the silver-gilt border with engraved inscription in German 'A salt cellar from the banks of the Neva strengthens the bonds of friendship', marked under base
1½ in. (4.8 cm.) diameter

Christie's, London, July 11, 1967, lot 94

Specialist note

Presented to Princess Hedwig Lobkowitz by Count Leopold von Berchtold during his post as Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Russia. Appointed ambassador to Russia in 1907, Berchtold served until 1912, when he was appointed foreign minister. The Princess was the great-granddaughter of Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, a leading patron of the arts in Vienna and the patron of Beethoven. Beethoven's Third Symphony was rededicated to Prince Lobkowitz, at whose palace it was first performed, with the composer as the conductor.