A Fabergé Gem-Set Nephrite and Guilloché Enamel Table Seal, Workmaster Hjalmar Armfelt, St Petersburg, 1899-1908
Session begins in
December 18, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Bid
6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the upper section formed of nephrite, mounted with gold ribbon-tied laurel garlands and red guilloché enamel bands suspended from two cabochon moonstones, the tapering stem enameled in translucent red over wavy engine-turning, within chased gold laurel bands above a blank nephrite matrix, struck with Fabergé in Cyrillic, workmaster's initials, 56 standard, scratched inventory number 20252
height 3 ½ in.
8.9 cm
Probably acquired from A La Vielle Russie, New York
New York, A La Vielle Russie, Inc., The Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweller, November 6 - November 25, 1968, no.313, p.119
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweller, A La Vielle Russie, Inc., 1968, p.119, no.313