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A Fabergé birch and silver frame, work master Hjalmar Armfelt, St. Petersburg 1908-1917.
A Fabergé birch and silver frame, work master Hjalmar Armfelt, St. Petersburg 1908-1917.
The photo depicts Cornelia Claus (1829-1868), married van Gilse van der Pals. Height 15 cm.
Provenance
The frame was most possibly obtained by Henrik van Gilse van der Pals, the son of Cornelia Claus, the woman in the photograph. The van Gilse van der Pals were a Dutch trade and industrial family living in S:t Petersburg were the son, Henrik van Gilse van der Pals was connected to the trade company Leopold Neuscheler. During the revolution the family fled to Finland.
Exhibitions
Carl Fabergé , Tsarens guldsmed, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 6 juni-19 oktober 1997. Depicted in the catalog page 165, no. 133.