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A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL NEPHRITE PAPER-KNIFE
Lot 201

A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL NEPHRITE PAPER-KNIFE

BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1901, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3910

Closed4 June 2018

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A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL NEPHRITE PAPER-KNIFE
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1901, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3910
Shaped oblong, with a gold handle, enamelled in translucent red over a dash guilloché ground, the border set with rose-cut diamonds, the other side of the handle decorated with a green gold laurel band, apparently unmarked
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), purchased from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 3 January 1901 for 140 roubles.

Specialist note

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