Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Property Formerly in the collection of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
A Fabergé varicoloured gold-mounted nephrite letter-opener, workmaster Michael Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890
Auction Closed
November 30, 06:31 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property Formerly in the collection of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
A Fabergé varicoloured gold-mounted nephrite letter-opener, workmaster Michael Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890
the tapering nephrite blade with red, yellow and green gold mounts cast and chased with neoclassical motifs, struck on the mounts with workmaster's initials, 56 standard, with scratched inventory number 3232
length 24cm; 9½in.
Christie’s, Geneva, 19 November 1974, lot 269
Baron Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, and thence by descent
Baron Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, and thence by descent
A. Somers-Cocks & C. Truman, Renaissance Jewels, Gold Boxes and Objets de vertu in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, London, 1984, no. 110, pp. 312-313, illustrated