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A SILVER-MOUNTED ICON OF ST SERGEI OF RADONEZH
Lot 163 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION

A SILVER-MOUNTED ICON OF ST SERGEI OF RADONEZH

MARKED FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 31012

Closed7 June 2021

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GBP 21,875

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A SILVER-MOUNTED ICON OF ST SERGEI OF RADONEZH
MARKED FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 31012
Rectangular, centring the icon of St Sergei of Radonezh realistically painted on metal, silver mounts cast and finely chased with stylised scrolling foliage, with a wooden back, with a suspension loop, marked on lower mount
5 ¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high, with suspension loop

Acquired from Hammer Galleries, New York, in 1933.
By direct descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The scratched inventory number on this icon is recorded in the 1919 stock ledgers of the Fabergé shop, conducted by the Bolsheviks after its closure. The Soviet government, which was in urgent need of foreign currency, sold a large number of confiscated Fabergé items to foreign buyers in the 1920s. Armand Hammer was one of the main American buyers at the time, who played an important role in establishing the Fabergé market in the United States.

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