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A pair of cufflinks in 14K gold and nephrite, Erik Kollin St Petersburg
Estimate
5 000 - 6 000 SEK
461 - 553 EUR
526 - 632 USD
Hammer price
44 000 SEK
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A pair of cufflinks in 14K gold and nephrite, Erik Kollin St Petersburg
Measurements ca 11 X 14 mm, total weight 9 g. Struck on the loop with partial initials EK and of the assay master Yakov Liapunov (ЯЛ) and with indistinct scratched inventory number. Accompanied by a egg pendant in 14K gold and nephrite, measurements ca 9 X 16 mm, weight 1.6 g. Unsigned.
Provenance
Sven Carlman (1901-1963) grandson of Court Jeweller Carl Fredrik Carlman (1831–1889).
Literature
Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm, "Fabergé his masters and artisans", London 2018.
More information
Erik Kollin (1836-1901) worked for a long time as a chief goldsmith in Fabergé's workshop in St. Petersburg but left the Russian firm in 1889 to work independently. Kollin is considered to be responsible for the first of the fifty eggs that Fabergé created for the imperial family.