A GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-MOUNTED NOTEPAD
MARKED FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3835
Of rectangular form, the cover enamelled in translucent orange over a wavy guilloché ground, applied with silver rocailles centring a cartouche with the engraved crowned monogram Cyrillic 'NN', possibly for Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Younger, all within a reeded border with applied acanthus leaves at intervals, the silver base with a hinged paper holder, the main hinge with pinecone finials, one detachable to reveal a pencil holder, marked inside cover and base; in a fitted Hammer Galleries wooden case
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
A GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-MOUNTED NOTEPAD
MARKED FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3835
Of rectangular form, the cover enamelled in translucent orange over a wavy guilloché ground, applied with silver rocailles centring a cartouche with the engraved crowned monogram Cyrillic 'NN', possibly for Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Younger, all within a reeded border with applied acanthus leaves at intervals, the silver base with a hinged paper holder, the main hinge with pinecone finials, one detachable to reveal a pencil holder, marked inside cover and base; in a fitted Hammer Galleries wooden case
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high