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Compulsory auction - Please note the special bidding terms of the FCA.
Lot 3883 - S16 Fabergé & Objets de Vertu Compulsory auction - Tuesday, 22. June 2021, 04.00 PM

ENAMEL, MOONSTONE, GOLD AND NEPHRITE PEN HOLDER, BY FABERGÉ, St. Petersburg, ca. 1899-1904.

Marked Fabergé, maker's mark "AR" for Anna Ringe, scratched inventory no. 3035.
Cylindrical nephrite pen holder, the upper band enamelled in red over striped guilloché ground, within gold laurel mounts and set with a moonstone cabochon thumb-piece. L ca. 20,3 cm.
Signed original wood box no longer available.

Literature:
A.K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, New York, 1979, Illustrated p. 138.
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé 1846-1920, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 1977, listed p. 111, illustrated p. 122.
Provenance:
- Sotheby's Zurich, 19 November 1976, lot 236.
- Christie's, London, 26 November 2012, lot 201.
- Private property Switzerland, acquired at the above auction.


CHF 13 000 / 0 | (€ 13 400 / 0)