Faberge- Imperial nephrite and gold seal

An Imperial two coloured gold mounted
nephrite seal by Carl Fabergé,

carved from a single piece of nephrite, with a green and red
gold mount chased with alternating stripes, the edge decorated
with a dot dash pattern, the seal stone is an
uncut white chalcedony.

Chief Workmaster: Henrik Wigström,
St Petersburg, circa 1903,
inventory number 12725.

Height 7.3 cm
Diameter of handle: 5cm

Provenance:
The Dowager Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, thence by descent.

Exhibited:
Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia: An exhibition about
the Danish Princess who became Empress of Russia,
Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen,1997, number 291.

 

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