Live Auction 14238Important Russian Art
A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER PARASOL HANDLE
Lot 201 AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF FABERGÉ MASTERPIECES AND IMPERIAL TREASURES

A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER PARASOL HANDLE

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20596

Closed27 November 2017

Price Realised

GBP 50,000

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER PARASOL HANDLE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20596
The tapering cylindrical handle enamelled in translucent lavender gray over a wavy guilloché ground, with two alternating panels enamelled in beige over a wavy guilloché ground, set with entwined gold laurel bands, within opaque white enamelled borders, framed with two ribbon-tied laurel mounts, the flower-shaped finial set with a foil-backed gem, possibly an almandine garnet, marked on mounts; in the original silk and velvet-lined wood case stamped 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow London' beneath the Imperial warrant
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) long

Purchased by Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna (1867-1935) from Fabergé's St Petersburg branch on 9 September 1910 for 145 roubles.
De Lacelle family.
With A. Tillander, Helsinki.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1983.

Specialist note

Princess Anastasia (1868–1935) was born into the Royal family of Montenegro. Through her second marriage to Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929) in April 1907, she became Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna. Anastasia and her sister Princess Milica were close friends of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and introduced Grigori Rasputin to the Imperial family.

De Lacelle was a diplomat and stationed in St Petersburg during the 1900s.

We are grateful to Dr. Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.