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A JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A SPANIEL
Lot 224

A JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A SPANIEL

ENGRAVED C. FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900

Closed6 June 2016

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GBP 11,875

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A JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A SPANIEL
ENGRAVED C. FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900
Realistically carved, sitting obediently on its hind legs, with rose-cut diamond-set eyes, engraved 'C. Fabergé' under base
2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in London in the 1930s.

Specialist note

Another example of an agate chimpanzee engraved 'C. Fabergé' from the collection of General Sir Arthur Paget (1851-1928) was sold Christie's, Geneva, 17-18 May 1994, lot 293.