Lot 543
  • 543

A Fabergé silver gilt-mounted wood frame, workmaster Hjalmar Armfeldt, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • height: 30.6cm, 12 1/8 in.
of stained bird's eye maple, the aperture within chased ribbon-tied laurel, applied with crest and motto: Laus Virtutis Actio, wood strut, struck with workmaster's initials, 88 standard

Condition

Very good condition. Note: the workmaster's initials are struck on one of the interior tabs of the silver framing the aperture.
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