Lot 627
  • 627

A Fabergé silver and enamel frame, workmaster Feodor Afanasiev, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver, enamel, wood
  • diameter 14.5cm, 5 3/4 in.
circular, the surface enamelled in translucent salmon pink over wavy engine-turning, applied with a leaf-and-berry trail divided by rosettes, bead and acanthus tip borders, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 88 standard, containing a photograph of a boy wearing a sailor suit

Provenance

Sir Peter Bark
Thence by descent

Condition

Very good condition. Two small losses to the enamel at 7 and 8 o'clock, one showing the metal beneath. Two screws lacking.
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