A GUILLOCHE ENAMEL AND SILVER-GILT DESK CLOCK AND FRAME
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A GUILLOCHE ENAMEL AND SILVER-GILT DESK CLOCK AND FRAME
MARK OF THE THIRD SILVER ARTEL, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 420
Details
The body enamelled in translucent raspberry red over a wavy guilloché ground, centering a clock with white enamel dial, with a photograph frame underneath with an oval reeded bezel, enclosing a photograph of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna (1854-1920), applied with two ribbon-tied and laurel-entwined thyrsi and two laurel-entwined caducae, surmounted by a silver-gilt ribbon crest and two pine cone finials, with a composite back and silver-gilt scroll strut, marked throughout
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
Provenance
Property from the Royal House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Christie's, Paris, 14 December 2021, lot 90.
Literature
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1986, p. 297, no. 612 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, no. 612.
MARK OF THE THIRD SILVER ARTEL, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 420
Details
The body enamelled in translucent raspberry red over a wavy guilloché ground, centering a clock with white enamel dial, with a photograph frame underneath with an oval reeded bezel, enclosing a photograph of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna (1854-1920), applied with two ribbon-tied and laurel-entwined thyrsi and two laurel-entwined caducae, surmounted by a silver-gilt ribbon crest and two pine cone finials, with a composite back and silver-gilt scroll strut, marked throughout
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
Provenance
Property from the Royal House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Christie's, Paris, 14 December 2021, lot 90.
Literature
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1986, p. 297, no. 612 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, no. 612.
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- 26% up to £800,000.00
- 21% up to £4,500,000.00
- 15% above £4,500,000.00
A GUILLOCHE ENAMEL AND SILVER-GILT DESK CLOCK AND FRAME
Estimate £15,000 - £20,000
Starting Price £7,500
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