A LARGE GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED NEPHRITE ASHTRAY, MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 23079

A LARGE GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED NEPHRITE ASHTRAY
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 23079
Triangular with rounded and furled corners, the nephrite dish entwined with silver mounts cast and chased as a snake, its head set with cabochon garnet eyes, marked on mounts, also with London import marks for 1914; in a fitted Wartski case
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long

Provenance

Purchased by Prince Alexander of Battenberg (1886-1960) from Fabergé's London branch on 11 February 1915 for £65.
Acquired by the previous owner from Wartski, London, in 1980.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION