LOT 17  FABERGÉ, AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AQUAMARINE AND DIAMOND PENDANT  

FABERGÉ, AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AQUAMARINE AND DIAMOND PENDANTST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1912The pear shap...

FABERGÉ, AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AQUAMARINE AND DIAMOND PENDANTST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1912The pear shaped aquamarine within a rose cut diamond surround, to an old European and rose cut diamond bow surmount and later cable link chain, composite, drop with scratched inventory number 87205, chain stamped 750Size/dimensions: pendant 4.3cm, chain 46.0cm longGross weight: 16.9 gramsThe scratched inventory number is consistent with the numbering used by Fabergé, and is listed in the Imperial Cabinet Ledger of gifts for the year 1912 as pendant, aquamarine with diamonds, 460 Rubles.This pendant was left to the present owner by her mother, who had been gifted it by a friend. Her friend had escaped Russia in 1918 at the age of 12, with her jewellery sown into the hem of her dress.