April 2014 Auction Ends Tuesday, April 29th, 5pm Pacific
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Faberge dressing set from the first decade of the twentieth century. Matching six-piece set features workmaster's mark of Hjalmar Armfelt, St. Petersburg, dating the set 1904-1908. Each piece features a wavy guilloche ground coated in pale blue enamel, with a vacant oval cartouche at center, all within a reeded ribbon-tied silver border. Comprises: (1) elliptical hand brush measuring 5'' x 1.5'' with 1'' bristles; (2) hairbrush measuring 5.5'' x 2.5'' (3) smaller hand mirror measuring 8.75'' x 3.75''. (4) larger hand mirror measuring 10.25'' x 4.5'' (5) smaller glass box with guilloche lid and glass body cut with scrolling foliate pattern, measuring 6'' x 2'' x 2'' (6) larger matching cut glass box measuring 9.5'' x 3.25'' x 3''. Faberge set shows minor scattered chipping to enamel overall, detachment of bristle bed from hairbrush, some absence of bristles from hand brush and a section of chipped enamel to the neck of the smaller mirror, else very good. Provenance from Christie's where it sold for $32,500.
Luxurious Silver And Sky Blue Guilloche Enamel Dressing Set Marked Faberge, With The Workmaster's Mark of Hjalmar Armfelt, St. Petersburg, 1904-1908
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