A Fabergé varicoloured gold and silver-mounted guilloché enamel clock, workmaster Michael Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

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A Fabergé varicoloured gold and silver-mounted guilloché enamel clock, workmaster Michael Perkhin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

square, the surface enamelled in translucent green over concentric engine-turning applied with ribbon tied garlands of flowers, the bezel set with seed pearls, the border with a chased leaf motif, the circular strut with straight legs and applied scroll motifs, engraved with Cyrillic inscription and a feathered arrow, struck at the base with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, the mount struck with workmaster's initials and Imperial Warrant, 88 standard

height 15cm; 5⅞in.

For a clock of comparable design by Perkhin in lilac guilloché enamel, please see A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé Clocks, London, 1986, p. 28.