Live Auction 7905Russian Art
A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Tray
Lot 270

A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Tray

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, NO TOWN MARK, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 19158

Closed29 November 2010

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GBP 27,500

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A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Tray
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Feodor Afanassiev, no town mark, 1908-1917, scratched inventory number 19158
Rectangular, enamelled with the flag of St Andrew in blue and white over a guilloché ground, within a beaded border, marked under base
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) wide

Specialist note

For other Fabergé examples incorporating the flag of St Andrew (the ensign of the Imperial Russian Navy), see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 278, No. 718, illustrated; and G. von Habsburg, Fabergé in America, New York, 1996, p. 148, No. 136, illustrated.