A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED PURPURINE DESK-SEAL
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Of tapering cylindrical form, with a green gold mount chased with foliate scrollwork, within beaded upper and lower borders, the lower part of the purpurine seal applied with possibly later gold reeded band, the gold matrix incised with a coat-of-arms of the state privy seal ('malaya gosudarstvennaya pechat’), marked on rim of foot
2¾ in. (7.2 cm.) high
A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED PURPURINE DESK-SEAL
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Of tapering cylindrical form, with a green gold mount chased with foliate scrollwork, within beaded upper and lower borders, the lower part of the purpurine seal applied with possibly later gold reeded band, the gold matrix incised with a coat-of-arms of the state privy seal ('malaya gosudarstvennaya pechat’), marked on rim of foot
2¾ in. (7.2 cm.) high
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