Empress Alexandra Feodorovna: An Imperial Fabergé Pearl and Rose-Cut Diamond-Mounted Guilloché Enameled Gold Belt Buckle. ...

Description

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna: An Imperial Fabergé Pearl and Rose-Cut Diamond-Mounted Guilloché Enameled Gold Belt Buckle
Fabergé, Workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 3530
2-1/8 x 2-3/4 inches (5.4 x 7.0 cm)
62 grams (gross)

In original Fabergé presentation case.

PROVENANCE:
Purchased by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, December 24, 1900, for 110 rubles.

The jeweled and enamel belt buckle, which could be used on a variety of belts and cinches, was a standard part of the Edwardian ensemble. The empress is recorded as having purchased many such buckles and may have given them as gifts. The Christmas eve date of this purchase may indicate as such. A related buckle in blue with pearls and also by Perkhin is in the collection of the Hillwood Museum, Estate, and Gardens (Acc. No. 12.142; illus. Ziesler, W (ed.) Fabergé Rediscovered, Hillwood / D. Giles Ltd.: London, 2019, p. 112).

Heritage Auctions thanks Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of this lot.

Property from an Important Private Collection

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