Live Auction 1571Important Russian Art
A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE MAGNIFYING GLASS
Lot 250 PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION

A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE MAGNIFYING GLASS

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1893, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45284 OR 45280

Closed24 November 2014

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GBP 16,250

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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE MAGNIFYING GLASS
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1893, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45284 OR 45280
Circular, the rose gold frame applied with a yellow gold laurel-chased band, the reeded rose gold upper part of the handle above a yellow gold laurel border and reeded nephrite lower section, marked on upper handle
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long

Specialist note

A two-colour gold and nephrite magnifying glass of similar design is held in the Royal Collection (C. de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, p. 225, no. 312). A comparable silver-gilt mounted nephrite magnifying glass was sold Christie's, London 2 June 2014, lot 205.