A Jewelled Two-Color Gold-Mounted 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
200 USD
Lot Details
Description
the smokey quartz body in the form of a common tower shell, the two-color gold mounts chased and engraved with laurel leaves, the lid set with collet-set rose-cut diamonds graduating in size, struck with spurious marks for Faberge in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials of Mikhail Perkin, 56 standard
length 3 3/8 in.
8.5 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.180 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.180, previously catalogued as by Mikhail Perkhin