A JEWELED GOLD AND CHALCEDONY SWIVEL SEAL
Lot 17

A JEWELED GOLD AND CHALCEDONY SWIVEL SEAL

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Fermé16 April 2012

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A JEWELED GOLD AND CHALCEDONY SWIVEL SEAL
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Comprising a swivel-mounted seal engraved with the Romanov coat-of-arms, suspended from a chain set with chalcedony cabochons and diamonds, marked on seal mount and swivel mount
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) long

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (1831-1881).
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (1856-1929).
Nicholas, Prince of Russia (b. 1922).
Collection of Nicholas, Prince of Russia, Christie's, Geneva, November 16-17, 1993, lot 266.

Note du spécialiste

According to Russian State Symbolics by V.A. Durov and D.V. Durov, the coat-of-arms is the Privy Arms of the Great-Grand-Children of the Emperor (see id., p. 139, no. 81).