A Jewelled Guilloché Enameled Two-Colour Gold Belt Buckle
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A Jewelled Guilloché Enameled Two-Colour Gold Belt Buckle

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF OSKAR PIHL, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9827

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A Jewelled Guilloché Enameled Two-Colour Gold Belt Buckle
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Oskar Pihl, Moscow, circa 1890, scratched inventory number 9827
Oblong, enamelled in translucent pink over a hatched guilloché ground, within a gold rocaille border with diamond-set flowers at intervals, with central rectangular aperture, fully marked
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long

H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Princess Marina of Greece. Sotheby's, London, 20 June 1960, lot 23.

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Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968), née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, was born in Athens, Greece. Her father was Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, the third son of George I of Greece, and her mother was Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II.