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Faberge gilded silver & guilloche enamel napkin ring
Faberge gilded silver & guilloche enamel napkin ring
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Description
A Faberge gilded silver and guilloche enamel napkin ring, workmaster Anders Nevalainen, Saint Petersburg, 1899-1908, with original scratched Faberge inventory number 17287. Of oval section, enameled in transparent mauve over an engine-turned ground, within opaque white borders, the interior of the ring engraved in Cyrillic "to my little bee / 6 VI 1915 Odessa" (moei pchelke), with a Cyrillic monogram beneath a noble crown. Gross weight: 87 grams. Dimensions 1 1/2 in. h (3.8 cm), 2 1/2 in. w (6.5 cm). Another napkin ring by Nevalainen in salmon pink enamel with scratched inventory number 18803 was sold as part of the Kazan Collection, Christie's New York, April 15, 1997, lot 101. A comparable but slightly smaller napkin ring by Nevalainen with scratched inventory number 13184 sold at Christie's New York, April 8, 2008, lot 285. For a similar napkin ring with blue enamel in the collection of the State Historical Museum, see V. Skurlov and G. Smorodinova, Faberge and the Russian Court Jewellers (Moscow, 1992), no. 30 and Carl Faberge: Kostbarkeiten russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrhundertwende (Museum Bellerive Zurich, 1989), no. 61, p. 88.
Condition
Excellent antique condition. Some minimal wear consistent with age and use.
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Faberge gilded silver & guilloche enamel napkin ring

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