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A SILVER AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CROSS OF ST ANDREW PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
Lot 203

A SILVER AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CROSS OF ST ANDREW PHOTOGRAPH FRAME

MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANDERS (ANTTI) NEVALAINEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER INDISTINCT, PROBABLY 68525

Closed6 June 2016

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A SILVER AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CROSS OF ST ANDREW PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANDERS (ANTTI) NEVALAINEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER INDISTINCT, PROBABLY 68525
Rectangular, enamelled with the flag of St Andrew in blue and white over a guilloché ground, centring a rectangular aperture within a laurel chased border, all within an acanthus chased outer border, the wood back with an elaborate silver strut formed as a Cyrillic initial ‘N’, with a suspension loop, marked throughout
9 3/8 in. (24 cm.) high

A La Vieille Russie, New York. 
Acquired from the above by Mary Millicent Rogers (1902-1953) in the 1940s. 
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

For other Fabergé works incorporating the flag of St Andrew (the ensign of the Imperial Russian Navy), see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 278, no. 718; and G. von Habsburg, Fabergé in America, New York, 1996, p. 148, no. 136. A Fabergé tray enamelled with the flag of St Andrew was sold Christie's, London, 29 November 2010, lot 270.

Mary Millicent Abigail Rogers was the granddaughter of the Standard Oil tycoon Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840-1909) and was known through her life as a socialite, fashion icon and art collector.