Silver Presentation Plate by Fabergé

Moscow, 1899-1908 struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks diameter: 24.8 cm

Provenance:

Presented by Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia (18751960)

Exhibitions:

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington, Delaware, 9 Sept 2000 – 18 Feb 2001, no. 130

Literature:

G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 96

Silver dinner plate with the rim chased with an oak leaf wreath, and the cavetto engraved with an Imperial doubleheaded eagle; inscribed on the reverse in Cyrillic: “August 16, 1874-1899 from Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna”.

Grand Duchess Xenia (1875-1960) was the elder daughter of Tsar Alexander III and sister of Tsar Nicholas II.