A Fabergé Nephrite and Two-Color Gold-Mounted Translucent Pink Guilloché Enameled Hand Seal. Fabergé, St. Peters...

Description

A Fabergé Nephrite and Two-Color Gold-Mounted Translucent Pink Guilloché Enameled Hand Seal
Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1905
1-3/8 x 0-7/8 inches (3.5 x 2.2 cm)
18 grams (0.57 troy ounces)

PROVENANCE:
With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Zilkha, New York, acquired from the above;
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Forbes, a gift from the above;
The Forbes Collection, New York;
Christie's New York, Russian Works of Art, Important Silver and Objects of Vertu, May 20, 2015, lot 3;
Private California Collection, acquired from the above;
Private Collection, Los Angeles, acquired from the above.


LITERATURE:
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999.

ILLLUSTRATED:
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 194, ill. p. 195.


Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000.

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