A gem set two coloured gold mounted bowenite
handle by Carl Fabergé,

in the from of a quiver of gold arrows with rose diamonds set flights and heads bound with
chased red gold ribbons set with cabochon rubies against a tapering bowenite body, encircled at
the bottom by a band of green gold laurel leaves on a red gold ground.

Chief Workmaster: Michael Evamplevitch Perchin,
St. Petersburg, 1896-1908,

10cm

Provenance:

Lord and Lady Iveagh,
The Forbes collection

Exhibited:

Edinburgh, The Fine Art Society, Fabergé and the Edwardians,
1987, number 19

Aberdeen, The Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum,
Fabergé and the Edwardians, 1987 number 19.

Literature:

Forbes C. and Trimmer-Brenner, Fabergé: The
Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, pages 204 & 205.

The countess of Iveagh, Adelaide Maria known was known as 'Dodo' to her friends and family, was
the daughter of Richard Samuel Guinness, MP for Deepwell, County Dublin. She married Edward Cecil
Guinness, first Earl of Iveagh in 1873. The couple were prominent members of Edwardian Society
and friends of the royal family. The Prince of Wales was a frequent visitor to Elveden Hall their Suffolk
estate. Lord Iveagh was the great grandson of Arthur Guinness, founder of the Brewery and was
enormously wealthy. He remained closely involved in the running of the business and was a great
philanthropist providing housing for the poor of both Dublin and London.