A LARGE ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE EGG LOCKET PENDANT
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A LARGE ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE EGG LOCKET PENDANT

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ERIK KOLLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Closed7 June 2021

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GBP 21,250

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A LARGE ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE EGG LOCKET PENDANT
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ERIK KOLLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Ovoid, the hinged cover opening to reveal a compartment, the gold mounts cast and chased with scrolls, centring a white enamel border inscribed in French 'J'aime Mon Choix', the cover surmounted by a gold mount and suspension loop decorated with scrolls, marked on mount and suspension loop
1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high, excluding suspension loop

Specialist note

For a comparable egg locket pendant by Erik Kollin from the State Hermitage Museum, see T. Muntyan, Carl Fabergé and Masters of Stone Carving. Russian Gems, Moscow, 2011, no. 69.