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A GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL AND NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
Lot 201PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION

A GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL AND NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Fermé25 November 2019

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A GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL AND NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular, enclosing a glazed portrait miniature of Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna, the nephrite body with gold mounts, enamelled with alternating white bands, centring an oval aperture enamelled with alternating red and white bead and reel pattern, the ivory back with a gold suspension loop and scroll strut, marked throughout
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high

Acquired from a private German collection in the late 1970s.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Note du spécialiste


Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna (1870-1891), née Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, was the daughter of King George I and Queen Olga of Greece. In 1889, she married Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, son of Emperor Alexander II, and they had two children.