A GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL FOUR-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME

BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER VICTOR AARNE, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5999

Details

Rectangular, with an arched top, enameled overall in translucent orange over a wavy guilloché ground, centering a seed-pearl bezel, applied with four-color gold floral swags, with three pearl-set finials, on two bracket-feet, with the mother-of-pearl backing, marked on mounts with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster’s initials
2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) high
Provenance

King George I of Greece (1845-1913).
Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 1983, p. 49, no. 83 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1986, p. 226, no. 423 (illustrated).
Exhibited

New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, 22 April - 21 May 1983, no. 83.
Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, no. 423.


Lot Essay

King George I, son of Christian IX of Denmark, was the brother of Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia and Queen Alexandra of Great Britain. He became King of the Hellenes in 1863 and ruled Greece until his assassination at Salonica in 1913. He was married to Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna, daughter of Grand Duke Constantin Nikolaevich of Russia and Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna, born Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. The magnificent collection of Fabergé, belonging to King George I of Greece, was sold at Christie’s in 2007.