FABERGÉ EARLY 20TH CENTURY GEM-SET AND ENAMEL LETTER OPENER - photo 1
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FABERGÉ EARLY 20TH CENTURY GEM-SET AND ENAMEL LETTER OPENER

Lot 86
11.11.2025 12:00UTC +01:00
Classic
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CHF 12 700
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationSwitzerland, Geneva
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ID 1484646
Lot 86 | FABERGÉ EARLY 20TH CENTURY GEM-SET AND ENAMEL LETTER OPENER
Estimate value
CHF 6 000 – 8 000
FABERGÉ EARLY 20TH CENTURY GEM-SET AND ENAMEL LETTER OPENER
Amaranth wood blade of slightly tapering form, the finial enamelled in red over a wavy guilloché ground, moonstone cabochon at the top, Moscow, 1907 - 1908, maker's mark with Cyrillic ‘KF’ (Fabergé), scratched number, original Fabergé wooden case

Size/Dimensions: 17.0 cm long
Gross weight: 9.8 grams




Provenance

Inherited by Helena Violet Alice Fraser, later 3rd Countess of Stradbroke (1874 - 1949).
Thence by descent.
Place of origin:Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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