Details
Square, enamelled in translucent salmon pink over a sunburst guilloché ground, centring an opalescent white guilloché enamel dial inscribed 'Fabergé', all within a laurel-chased gold rim, the ivory back with silver scroll backplate and strut, marked on the back and strut with workmaster's initials
212 in. (6.3 cm.) square
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 18 November 1980, lot 77.
Pasquale Landolfi, Rome.
Literature
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 120, no. 110.
G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 213, no. 518.
Exhibited
Hamburg, Museums für Kunst und Gewerbe, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, 12 April – 25 June 1995, no. 110.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, 2000, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 9 September 2000 - 18 February 2001, no. 518.
Sale Room Notice
This lot contains elephant ivory material and is offered with the benefit of being registered as ‘exempt’ in the UK in accordance with the UK Ivory Act. Please note that it is your responsibility to determine and satisfy the requirements of any applicable regulations relating to the export or import of any lot you purchase. Please also note that from 19 January 2022, Christie’s is unable to ship elephant ivory lots into the EU.
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