FABERGE - RARE PAIR of RUSSIAN ANTIQUE SILVER SHAKERS
Pair of Antique gilt Russian silver salt and pepper shakers. Figural mask and shell pad feet. Gadrooned borders. The items are very nice made. When you touch and hold a piece of FABERGE sterling you are in contact with something very special coming down to you not only from the era of the czars but of an ancestry far more ancient: for it is typical of all the imperial courts there have ever been.
HALLMARKS: Hallmarked on base of feet '84' mark, '1' in the cover, 'FABERGE' with warrant maker's mark and 'A.N.' in Latin for Anders Juhaninpoika Nevalainen - famous FABERGE workmaster - please see information bellow.
CONDITION: Very good for age. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
DIMENSIONS: 5 1/4 inches high (135 mm). Weight: 10.6 ozt (332 grams).
ESTIMATE PRICE: $3,000 - $10,000.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago Russian silver shakers were sold on Sotheby's for $1,450, $7,700 and $17,000 - please see the screenshots.
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WORKMASTER: Anders Juhaninpoika Nevalainen was a Russian gold- and silversmith, Faberge workmaster of Finnish origin. Anders Nevalainen was an apprentice in Finland and in St. Petersburg in 1874, a goldworker in 1875 (and registered as an employee of Faberge), and a master goldsmith in 1885. As master first working in the jewelry atelier of August Holmstrom, he soon became head of workshop under exclusive contract with Faberge. His workshop made silver-mounted frames in birchwood, palisander or lacquer, silver- and gold cigarette-cases, enameled silver-gilt cases with leather sleeves, several small silver-gilt objects. His initials A.N, mostly used with K.Faberge mark without the double-headed eagle Imperial Warrant. The Nevalainen family returned to Finland after the Russian Revolution in 1917. Anders Nevalainen died in Terijoki in 1933.

WIKIPEDIA: Peter Carl FABERGE, also known as Karl Gustavovich FABERGE was a Russian jeweller best known for the famous FABERGE eggs made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials. He's the founder of the famous jewelry legacy House of FABERGE. The House of FABERGE is a jewelry firm founded in 1842 in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, by Gustav FABERGE, using the accented name FABERGE, Gustav's sons Peter Carl FABERGE and Agathon FABERGE, and grandsons followed him in running the business until it was nationalized by the Bolsheviks in 1918. The firm was famous for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted FABERGE eggs for the Russian Tsars and a range of other work of high quality and intricate detail.

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