A Fabergé Catherine II Ruble Set Silver-Mounted Ceramic Charka Fabergé, Workmaster Anders (Antti) Nevalainen, St. Petersburg, before 1899, with scratched inventory number 3912 2 x 3-7/8 x 2-3/4 inches (5.1 x 9.8 x 7.0 cm) 102 grams (gross) Silver-mounted ceramics were a regular part of Fabergé's oeuvres, and after 1894 and the arrival of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, mounted British ceramics by Doulton Lambeth, Bernard Moore, and others became popular. The Russian empress' mother had been born a princess of Great Britain, and Alexandra Feodorovna remained deeply attached to her mother's native land where she spent much of her childhood with her grandmother, Queen Victoria. Another example by Nevalainen, with Kuznetsov ceramic was sold, Sotheby's, London, Russian Works of Art, June 17, 2020, lot 29. HID03101062020 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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