A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND PURPURINE PENDANT

In 1913, the country was celebrating the tercentenary anniversary of Romanov rule. A series of small presentation pieces, such as pendants, brooches, vesta cases with the motifs of the Imperial crown and emblems was produced. Henry Bainbridge, manager of Fabergé's London shop, remarked that tercentenary designs were based on the original drawings by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, prepared and sent to Fabergé for elaboration (H.C. Bainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé, London, 1949, p. 56).