A Gold-Mounted Guilloché Enamel and Smoky Quartz ‘Shell’ Box, in the style of Fabergé, 20th Century
No reserve
Session begins in
December 18, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Bid
1 USD
Lot Details
Description
the smokey quartz body in the form of a conical shell, the gold mount engraved, the domed lid decorated with alternating bands of translucent yellow and opaque white enamel, terminating in a pearl, struck with spurious marks for Mikhail Perkhin, 72 standard
length 3 1/8 in.
8 cm
New York, A La Vielle Russie, Inc., Faberge, A Loan Exhibition for the benefit of The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, April 22 – May 21, 1983, no.179, p.70
Exhibition catalogue, Faberge, A Loan Exhibition for the benefit of The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, A La Vielle Russie, Inc., 1983, p.70, no.179