A necklace of nineteen egg pendants

of gold engraved to simulate fabric and set with a circular-cut peridot, St Petersburg, 1908-1917, 56 standard; faceted topaz, gold loop, illegible maker's mark, 56 standard; plain gold engraved XB (Hristos Voskres) and dated 17.IV.1894, unmarked; of champlevé green, blue and white enamel, 1908-1917, 84 standard; enamelled in translucent white over hatched reeds above a cabochon sapphire, unmarked; plain gold, the front with a ruby-set horseshoe, maker's mark AW, 56 standard; gold chased with wavy reeds and set with a large oval amethyst, St Petersburg, 1899-1904, 56 standard; gold centred with a cabochon ruby within filigree scrolls, St Petersburg, 1899-1904; openwork gold scrolls set with split pearls, unmarked; a translucent yellow and blue enamelled gold half egg suspending within a white frame, maker's mark AW, 56 standard; a silver elephant with orange gem-set eyes within a gold cage, illegible maker's mark, 56 standard; translucent white enamel over hatches set with a sapphire clover, maker's mark possibly HW, 56 standard; opaque blue enamel within rose-cut diamond-set bands, partial maker's mark, 56 standard; part-textured gold set with a sapphire and diamond flower, Alexander Alexandrovich Tillander, St Petersburg, 1899-1904; silver-gilt with cloisonné enamel flowers, maker's mark N.L (Cyrillic), St Petersburg, 1899-1904, 84 standard; enamelled in translucent blue over hatches, Feodor Afanassiev, 56 standard; reeded gold, St Petersburg, 1908-1917, 56 standard; plain gold set with a sapphire and pearl fleuron, St Petersburg, 1904-1908, 56 standard; translucent white enamel over hatches set with a sapphire, unmarked; the chain Andrei Bragin, St Petersburg, 1908-1917, 56 standard

Christie's Geneva, 14 May 1991, lot 274

Generally in good order, most of the enamel eggs with minor losses.
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