A JEWELLED FOUR-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE DOUBLE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
Lot 201 THE PROPERTY OF A SCOTTISH BREWING FAMILY

A JEWELLED FOUR-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE DOUBLE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 13580

Closed25 November 2013

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GBP 98,500

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A JEWELLED FOUR-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE DOUBLE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 13580
Shaped rectangular with bracket feet, two circular apertures with seed pearl bezels, surmounted by a yellow gold vase issuing flowers and pierced with two arrows, above a ruby-set ribbon tie suspending vari-coloured gold rose swags and acanthus set with three rose-cut diamonds, further set with cabochon rubies at four corners, the mother-of-pearl backs with rose gold suspension loops and a scroll strut, marked on strut and front ribbon mount, in the original fitted velvet and silk-lined case stamped in Russian 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow, London' beneath the Imperial warrant
5½ in. (14 cm.) wide

Purchased from Fabergé's London branch by Robert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh (1861-1946), on October 1909 for £34.42.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

A similar nephrite frame with a single aperture was sold Christie's, London, 3 June 2013, lot 202.

We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for his assistance in researching the present lot.