A RARE IMPERIAL GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SALTA GAME SET BY FABERGÉ, PROBABLY ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA
Details
Comprising a total of thirty circular counters, fifteen carved in bowenite and fifteen in aventurine quartz, applied with gold Cyrillic letters, Roman and Arabic numerals, with two wooden pointers for moving pieces, decorated with a gold-mounted bowenite and aventurine quartz finials at one end, and leather caps on the other end, with a folding leather game board embossed in gold, all pieces in a fitted suede and leather case, unmarked; in the original grey silk Fabergé case, together with a handwritten note from Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna The counter, 11⁄4 in. (3.2 cm.) diameter; the board, 147⁄8 in. (37.8 cm.) square
Provenance
Collection of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (1866-1933). With his wife Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960), United Kingdom, circa 1957. Acquired by the mother of the present owner in the 1980s.
Details
Comprising a total of thirty circular counters, fifteen carved in bowenite and fifteen in aventurine quartz, applied with gold Cyrillic letters, Roman and Arabic numerals, with two wooden pointers for moving pieces, decorated with a gold-mounted bowenite and aventurine quartz finials at one end, and leather caps on the other end, with a folding leather game board embossed in gold, all pieces in a fitted suede and leather case, unmarked; in the original grey silk Fabergé case, together with a handwritten note from Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna The counter, 11⁄4 in. (3.2 cm.) diameter; the board, 147⁄8 in. (37.8 cm.) square
Provenance
Collection of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (1866-1933). With his wife Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960), United Kingdom, circa 1957. Acquired by the mother of the present owner in the 1980s.
