A RARE JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE MINIATURE MODEL OF A SLEIGH

Lot 13
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Lot 13 | A RARE JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE MINIATURE MODEL OF A SLEIGH
Estimate value
£ 350 000 – 450 000
A RARE JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE MINIATURE MODEL OF A SLEIGH
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS 52381 AND 9297
The sleigh carved from nephrite, the backrest of the seat with finely chased foliate gold scrolls applied with two diamond-set flowers, the back of the sleigh with gold rocaille trelliswork panels set with rose-cut diamonds, on slender gold runners, the prow surmounted by a finely chased gold swan with raised wings and diamond-set eyes, marked throughout with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long




Provenance

With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Donna Simonetta Colonna, Duchess di Cesarò (1922-2011).
Property of Donna Simonetta Colonna, Duchess di Cesarò; Sotheby's, London, 20 November 2003, lot 109.



Literature

Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1961, p. 57, no. 274a (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, 25 October - 7 November 1961, no. 274a.
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