A RARE GEM-SET, GOLD-MOUNTED, LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHÉ BONBONNIÈRE, MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1260; THE BONBONNIÈRE, BY THE LUKUTIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890

A RARE GEM-SET, GOLD-MOUNTED, LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHÉ BONBONNIÈRE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1260; THE BONBONNIÈRE, BY THE LUKUTIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Of circular form, the dark blue lacquered papier-maché bonbonnière with a hinged cover, applied with a finely chased gold dragonfly, the eyes set with cabochon moonstones, with a gold rim and a thumb-piece, marked on rims, the box with Lukutin Factory mark inside cover; in a fitted Wartski case
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) diameter

Provenance

With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Acquired by the previous owner from Wartski, London, in 1982.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION