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Sep 17, 2016 - Sep 18, 2016
A FABERGE GILT SILVER AND GUILLOCHE ENAMEL PHOTO FRAME, WORKMASTER JOHAN VIKTOR AARNE, SAINT PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
PROVENANCE
The William Kazan Collection of Faberge, Christie`s, New York, April 15, 1997, lot 51
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
LITERATURE
M. Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Faberge, (Paris: Editions dar An-Nahar, 1996), cat. no 42, ill. p. 129
of rectangular shape, with translucent yellow enamel over a wavy engine-turned ground, outer border ribbed, inner border with dot-and-dash pattern around the glass picture cover with beveled edges, mammoth ivory back with hinged scrolled gilt silver strut and eight screws along the edges (one missing), height: 54 mm (2 1/8 in.), marked in Cyrillic Faberge, with the initials of the workmaster A V and 88 standard, in original fitted wooden case with clasp