Lozenge-Shaped Diamond-Set Gold and Chalcedony Brooch

by Fabergé

workmaster August Holmström, St Petersburg, circa 1900 struck with workmaster’s initials, assay master’s mark (Cyrillic initials A.R. for A. Romanov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks contained in original fitted case length: 4.2 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé – Cartier. Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 28 Nov 2003 –12 April 2004

Carl Fabergé and Masters of Stone Carving. Russian Gems, Moscow, The Kremlin Museum, 8 April –24 July 2011

Literature:

G. von Habsburg, Fabergé – Cartier. Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, no. 435, p. 279

T. Muntyan, Carl Fabergé and Masters of Stone Carving. Russian Gems, Moscow, 2011, no. 108, p. 124