Details
The handle of each champlevé enameled in white and chased with foliate scrolls, decorated with rose-cut diamonds and cabochon rubies, with suspension loops, the knife with four steel blades, marked on loops with workmaster’s initials
278 in. (7.3 cm.) long, the pocket knife including diamond-mounted and fixed suspension loops
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 6-8 December 1993, lot 582.
The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York.
Literature
G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 275, no. 707 (illustrated).
Exhibition Catalogue, Fabulous Fabergé. Objets d’art from the Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, Singapore, 2001, p. 54 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and His World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 707.
Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, Fabulous Fabergé. Objets d’art from the Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, 26 September – 25 November 2001.
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