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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE AND BLOODSTONE HAND SEAL
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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE AND BLOODSTONE HAND SEAL

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 49418

Fermé28 November 2016

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GBP 23,750

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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE AND BLOODSTONE HAND SEAL
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 49418
The circular bowenite handle mounted on a spreading reeded stem, with green gold laurel band, the bloodstone matrix engraved with the cypher of Empress Maria Feodorovna beneath the Imperial crown, marked on mount
2 3/8 in. (6.2 cm.) high

Acquired by the previous owner at Tessiers of Bond Street, London, circa 1950s.
By descent to the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

A hand seal with an almost identical scratched inventory number 48418 was purchased by Empress Maria Feodorovna on 3 June 1894 for 75 roubles from Fabergé's St Petersburg branch.