LOT 106  AN ENAMEL AND GEM SET EGG PENDANT NECKLACE  

AN ENAMEL AND GEM SET EGG PENDANT NECKLACE INCLUDING BY WORKMASTERS FEDOR AFANASIEV AND AUGUST HOLLM...

AN ENAMEL AND GEM SET EGG PENDANT NECKLACE INCLUDING BY WORKMASTERS FEDOR AFANASIEV AND AUGUST HOLLMING, CIRCA 1890-1910 AND LATERThe modern three row cable link chain suspending forty-one egg shaped pendants, comprising fourteen eggs by Fabergé workmasters including a blue enamel egg with stars; a white chalcedony egg; a gold egg with the Order of St George; a gem set chased gold egg; a yellow guilloché enamel egg; an aventurine quartz Tricentennial egg; a green and white enamel egg; an enamelled egg with the flags and anchor of the Imperial yacht Pharos; an amethyst and diamond egg; a rutilated quartz egg with swan motif; and a white enamel egg with crowned monogram and red cross reverse dated 1915, various marksSize/dimensions: shortest strand 44.5cm longGross weight: 228.0 gramsProvenance:Private Collection blue enamel with stars, 56 standard, Fedor Afanasiev mark, chippedred enamel 1910, 56 standard, overstruck markpink and white enamel banding, 56 standard, F markwhite chalcedony, diamonds, 56 standard, August Hollming mark, missing flowergem-set and diamond chased egg, Fedor Afanasiev markred, yellow and green enamel egg, spurious marksgold egg with blue green and white enamel motifs, spurious marksOrder of St George, 56 standard, August Holmstrom markSapphire cross, unmarkedYellow guilloché enamel, 56 standard, mark for GorianovRow 2:Order of St George, 88 standard, spurious marksAventurine 1613-1913, rubbed marks, Fedor AfanasievGreen and white enamel, 56 standard, Fedor Afanasiev markRuby and diamond set egg, 56 standard, spurious marksMouse with sapphire, diamond deficient, 88 standard, no makerEnamel flag, later bale with spurious marksFrog egg, 88 standard, with spurious marksladybird enamel egg, indistinct marks, reverse worn decorationgold egg inset with emeralds, sapphires and diamonds, St Petersburg pre 1899, maker's mark MAHardstone with diamond lady bird, French eagle's headYellow enamel with beads, spurious marksCrossed flags for Imperial yacht Pharos, and engraved anchor to reverse, workmaster mark OP for Oskar PihlAmethyst and diamond acorn, 56 standard, spurious marksRow 3:Sapphire, ruby and diamonds, 56 standard, 2 diamonds deficientEnamelled Christ, Austrian marksLapis with snake, spurious marksWhite enamel magnifying glass, 56 standard, rubbed markAmethyst with diamond set reeded cap, 56 standard, KF for FabergeOrange and black banded Order of St George, 56 standard, ET maker's markDiamond and ruby egg, 56 standard, spurious marksRutilated quartz swan egg, 56 standard, workmaster mark Fedor AfanasievImperial eagle, 1906, 72 standard, Alexander TillanderRabbit agate egg, 56 standard, spurious marksRuby and diamond snake egg, 56 standard, KF for FabergePink enamel window egg 1905, partial markPlatinum/platinated egg with cabochon sapphire, 56 standard, rubbed marksBlue enamel white banding and diamonds, spurious markWhite enamel crowned monogram II, red cross 1915, 56 standard, KF mark for FabergeBlue enamel applied crowned monogram, worn marks, enamel lossesCaged chalcedony egg, 56 standard, mark AK