AN ENAMEL AND BI-COLORED GOLD PHOTOGRAPH FRAME, BY FABERGE
Lot 148The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor

AN ENAMEL AND BI-COLORED GOLD PHOTOGRAPH FRAME, BY FABERGE

Fermé14 December 2011

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AN ENAMEL AND BI-COLORED GOLD PHOTOGRAPH FRAME, BY FABERGE
Of rectangular outline, the pink guilloché enamel frame decorated with sculpted 18k pink and yellow gold ribbons and foliate detail, the oval-shaped aperture enclosing a photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Malcolm Forbes, to the simulated ivory backing and gold strut, mounted in 18k pink and yellow gold, circa 1898, 4 x 2 7/8 x ¼ ins.
By Fabergé, with workmaster's mark of Mikhail Perchin, St. Petersburg, scratched inventory number 59691

Purchased by Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna from Faberg's St. Petersburg branch, August 11, 1898 for 210 roubles
The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York

Note du spécialiste

Gift from Malcolm Forbes