Jewelled Platinum and Gold-Mounted Chalcedony Pendant Brooch

by Fabergé

August Holmström, St Petersburg, circa 1900 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 73901 contained in original fitted case height: 7.6 cm

Provenance

A La Vieille Russie, Paris, 1967

Exhibitions:

The Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweler, New York, A La Vieille Russie, 1968, no. 287

Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Design, April 22 –May 21, 1983, no. 370

Literature:

The Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweler [exhibition catalogue], New York, 1968, no. 287, illustrated p. 110

Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum [exhibition catalogue], Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Design, New York, 1983, no. 370, illustrated p. 108