A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT MINIATURE BOOK COVER, MARK OF THE IMPERIAL STROGANOV SCHOOL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

The covers and spine enamelled throughout with foliate motifs on blue ground, with a silver clasp, enclosing a miniature Gospel of Mark (Moscow, 1907), marked inside covers

2¹⁄₈ in. (5.3 cm.) high

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For a set of gospels in almost identical book covers by the Imperial Stroganov School from the collection of the Kremlin Armory Museum, see G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 79, no. 86.