A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TABLE BAROMETER
Lot 245

A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TABLE BAROMETER

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VIKTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9095

Closed25 November 2013

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GBP 146,500

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A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TABLE BAROMETER
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VIKTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9095
Cylindrical, on four reeded compressed bun feet, the reed lower rim with ribbon ties, the body enamelled overall in purple over a hatched guilloché ground and applied with scrolling foliage, flower-heads and acanthus, within beaded and ribbon-tied laurel borders, the top inset with a circular silvered dial within a beaded border, with a cabochon moonstone finial, marked under base; also with an import mark
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

With Alexander von Solodkoff, Ermitage, London.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

For a barometer executed in nephrite and guilloché enamel of similar design, see Property from an Important Private Collection, Christie's, London, 26 November 2012, lot 202.