A Fabergé silver and enamel frame, workmaster Antti Nevalainen, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
rectangular, translucent light green enamel over sunburst ground, the silver frame surrounded with a bow ribbon, the oval aperture with beaded frame, silver scroll strut and ivory back. Struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 24812. 12,6 x 9,4 cm
Four small screws missing for the ivory back.
Provenance
Bought at Sotheby’s: Russian Works of Art and Objects of Vertu, New York, June 11, 1998, lot 282
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