An antique Russian gilded silver and superb salmon pink guilloche enamel miniature picture frame by Carl Faberge’s Moscow branch, made between 1899 and 1908.
Height 3 3/4 in. (9,4 cm).
Intact original enamel. No restoration.
VERY FINE quality pinkish orange translucent enamel
over a sunray ground.
The ivory back plate is lacking one screw.
The frame is mounted with ribbon-tied swags of foliage.
The border is chased with Acanthus leaves.
Marked with 84 zolotniks standard (875 silver), initials of Moscow assay master Ivan Lebedkin, and K. FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial eagle.
The strut is marked with assayer’s stamp and ‘KF’ in Cyrillic for Carl Faberge.
Assayer’s stamp on the suspension ring