A Fabergé gold, enamel and pearl miniature frame, workmaster Victor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1899-1904

A Fabergé gold, enamel and pearl miniature frame, workmaster Victor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1899-1904

of shaped rectangular form, the two oval apertures within a ridged gold border on a ground of translucent pink enamel, the corners set with pearls hung with four-colour gold floral swags, ribbon tie surmount, the mother-of-pearl back with a silver-gilt scroll strut, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 56 standard, the strut 84 standard

height 4.3cm, 1¾in.