A Three-Colour Gold, Hardstone and Guilloché Enamel Box
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, circa 1890, scratched inventory number 45171
Circular, the sides enamelled with rectangular panels of translucent orange over a wavy guilloché ground within white enamel borders, alternating with lozenges of translucent blue enamel, the hinged cover set with an oval sardonyx cameo, finely carved with a bust of an emperor, possibly Alexander I, surrounded by graduated diamonds, all within bands of ribbon-tied laurels, chased flower-heads and guilloché enamel, the base also enamelled in translucent red, marked on bezel
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) diameter
A Three-Colour Gold, Hardstone and Guilloché Enamel Box
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, circa 1890, scratched inventory number 45171
Circular, the sides enamelled with rectangular panels of translucent orange over a wavy guilloché ground within white enamel borders, alternating with lozenges of translucent blue enamel, the hinged cover set with an oval sardonyx cameo, finely carved with a bust of an emperor, possibly Alexander I, surrounded by graduated diamonds, all within bands of ribbon-tied laurels, chased flower-heads and guilloché enamel, the base also enamelled in translucent red, marked on bezel
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) diameter
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