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A JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
Lot 210 AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF FABERGÉ MASTERPIECES AND IMPERIAL TREASURES

A JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH

MARK OF ALEXANDER TILLANDER, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

Closed27 November 2017

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A JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
MARK OF ALEXANDER TILLANDER, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Of lozenge shape, centring rose-cut diamond-set initials 'MA' for Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, enamelled in translucent blue over a sunburst guilloché ground, surmounted by a diamond-set Imperial crown, marked on reverse, pin and loop; in the original silk and velvet-lined leather case stamped 'A. Tillander / St. Petersbourg', the cover also stamped with the gilt Imperial crown
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide

By repute, a gift from Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920), Duchess of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, to her maid.
With Max Howald, Bern.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1995.

Specialist note

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920) was the only surviving daughter of Emperor Alexander II (1818-1881). She married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900) in 1874. She was the first and only member of the Romanov family to marry into the British Royal family.