A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL NEPHRITE MAGNIFYING GLASS BY...
In the Egyptian style, the circular glass set in a gold mount cast and chased as a palmette, the nephrite handle decorated with a silver band enameled in translucent white over a moiré guilloché ground, the lower part of the handle carved with two serpents with cabochon ruby-set eyes, in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case, apparently unmarked
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Purchased by Prince Alexander of Battenberg (1886-1960) from the London branch of Fabergé on 23 December 1912 for £24.
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In the Egyptian style, the circular glass set in a gold mount cast and chased as a palmette, the nephrite handle decorated with a silver band enameled in translucent white over a moiré guilloché ground, the lower part of the handle carved with two serpents with cabochon ruby-set eyes, in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case, apparently unmarked
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Purchased by Prince Alexander of Battenberg (1886-1960) from the London branch of Fabergé on 23 December 1912 for £24.
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