Auction 5 EUROPEAN and RUSSIAN COLLECTIBLES_5
Feb 29, 2020
USA
 1927 Boblett Street Blaine, WA 98230, USA

We are selling several collections of European and Russian collectible items. 

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LOT 62:

FABERGE - RUSSIAN SILVER PICTURE FRAME, MARKED

Start price:
$ 1,450
Estimated price:
$3000 - $4000
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FABERGE - RUSSIAN SILVER PICTURE FRAME, MARKED.
Circular form mounted with a crown. Inset with beveled glass. Early 20th C. The item has a few marks: 88 for silver and FA (in Russian) for workmaster Feodor Afanassiev in Faberge shop.
SIZE: Dia. 19.7 cm (7 3/4 inches). ESTIMATE PRICE: $3000 - $4000.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago silver picture frames made by Faberge masters were sold on Invaluable for $8.000 and $45.000 (!!) - please see the screenshots.
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WORKMASTER: Feodor Alexeievich Afanasiev was apprenticed to the silversmith E. Sistonen 1883 and 1888 and worked as a journeyman, for the jeweler Karl Bokh from 1888 to 1907. While employed by Bock, he worked on his master's degree, was granted his rights & certificate in 1907, and allowed to use a master's mark, the use of which was strictly enforced by assay laws in Imperial Russia. Thereafter he ran a small workshop for Faberge at 24 Bolshaya Morskaya specializing in miniature Easter Eggs, small articles made of silver-gilt and guilloche enamel and hardstone objects mounted with enameled silver-gilt mounts. His mark is FA in Russian Cyrillic.

WIKIPEDIA: Peter Carl Faberge, also known as Karl Gustavovich Faberge was a Russian jeweller best known for the famous Faberge eggs made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials. He's the founder of the famous jewelry legacy House of Faberge.The House of Faberge is a jewelry firm founded in 1842 in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, by Gustav Faberge, using the accented name Faberge, Gustav's sons Peter Carl Faberge and Agathon Faberge, and grandsons followed him in running the business until it was nationalised by the Bolsheviks in 1918. The firm was famous for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs for the Russian Tsars and a range of other work of high quality and intricate detail. In 1924, Peter Carl's sons Alexander Faberge and Eugene Faberge opened Faberge & Cie in Paris, making similar jewellery items and adding the name of the city to their rival firm's trademark, styling it FABERGE, PARIS. In 1937, the rights to the Faberge brand name were sold to Samuel Rubin for the marketing of perfume. It was then re-sold in 1964 to cosmetics company Rayette Inc., which changed its name to Rayette-Faberge Inc.