A rare Fabergé gem-set silver-gilt and enamel kovsh, Moscow, 1899-1904

the oval bowl with broad scooped rim, set with cabochon amethysts within swirls of opaque white enamel pellets on a matte-finish ground, the shaped hook handle with raised enamelled geometric motifs below an abstract horse surmount, struck K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 88 standard, London import marks for Arthur Bowe, 1904

Very good condition. The horse surmount has been re-attached. (Please note: The horse is facing into the bowl of the kovsh, not away from the bowl as illustrated in the catalogue.) There is a shallow enamel loss to one side of the horse's front legs; and there is one small enamel loss near the base (one pellet). A very interesting and well-made object.
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The importer of the object, Arthur Bowe, was Fabergé's partner who established the London operation beginning in 1903.  During this time, until 1906 when the relationship with Bowe was dissolved, the London shop was a branch of the Moscow operation and thus the majority of objects sold in London were Moscow-made.