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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL LACEWOOD PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
Lot 213

A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL LACEWOOD PHOTOGRAPH FRAME

MARKED K. FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANDERS (ANTTI) NEVALAINEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904

Closed5 June 2017

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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL LACEWOOD PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
MARKED K. FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANDERS (ANTTI) NEVALAINEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Rectangular, centring a reeded bezel, within a rectangular aperture, enamelled in translucent red-orange over a wavy guilloché ground, applied with four rosettes flanked by palmette sprays, further decorated with four rosettes at corners, set into a lacewood frame, with wood back and strut, marked on mounts
13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) wide

The Collection of Mary Millicent Rogers (1902-1953).
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

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. She was an avid collector of Fabergé, acquiring the majority of her pieces from A La Vieille Russie in New York and Paris.