GRAND DUKE MIKHAIL NIKOLAEVICH: A FABERGÉ JEWELED GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PENCIL CASE, MOSCOW, 1899-1901 |

enameled salmon pink over a wavy engine-turned ground, applied with foliate bands centered with diamond-set blossoms, the rim with bands of white champlevé enamel, diamond-set sliding pushpiece, suspension loop, struck KF in Cyrillic, 56 standard, contained in original fitted case

very attractive and lovely condition, the applied gold band appears to have come loose on one side and is slightly bent, there is evidence of an attempt to fix it with an older organic glue that has darkened
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The inside of the case is inscribed in Cyrillic 'G.D. Mikhail Nik. Mikhailovskoe 1901' and in Greek 'Khristoforos 9 May,' suggesting that the Grand Duke gave this to one of his Greek relations. The most likely recipient was Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, whose older sister Princess Maria had married the Grand Duke's son Georgii Mikhailovich in 1900. The young couple lived at his father's St. Petersburg residence, Mikhailovskoe, and Christopher was likely visiting them on his name day and received this elegant pencil as a gift. We are grateful to Sabina Tringalas for assistance cataloguing this lot.