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.
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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.
Näyttelyt
Carl Fabergé , Tsarens guldsmed, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 6 juni-19 oktober 1997. Depicted in the catalog page 165, no. 133.
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