Live Auction 17188Important Russian Art
A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BOX
Lot 210 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION

A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BOX

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

Closed25 November 2019

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GBP 56,250

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A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Oblong, realistically carved as a potato, the gold-mounted hinged cover with a fleur-de-lys clasp at the front, marked throughout, also with London import marks for 1915; in a fitted Wartski case
4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide

With Wartski, London.
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926-2014).
With Wartski, London, 2017.

Specialist note


A comparable potato-shaped box was sold at Christie's, New York, 24 March 2016, lot 101.