A Fabergé silver-gilt and enamel timepiece, workmaster Victor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

formed as a six-pointed star, the surface enamelled in translucent canary yellow over sunburst engine-turning, seed pearl bezel and border, faux ivory back, silver scroll strut, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 14526

Very good condition. The enamel with two hairline cracks to the upper left section, each approx 1cm long. The faux ivory back with two cracks to the left hand side, reaching from the edge to the clock case. The screws do not appear to have been out. The metal areas with light surface scratches. The strut very slightly loose in its hinge. Please note that Sotheby's does not guarantee the clock mechanism.
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For other six pointed clocks and frames by Fabergé, please see Sotheby's London, 1 December 2005, lot 32; Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, 3 November 2005, lot 37; G. von Habsburg, Fabergé - Cartier, Munich, 2003, no.124, p.184; G. von Habsburg, Fabergé Revealed, New York, 2011, no.119, p.224; and K. Farrington, Fabergé, San Diego, 1999, p.109.