Fabergé
Miniature patch box 1896 - 1908
Gold, guilloché enamel, rose diamonds | 0.8 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm (whole object) | RCIN 18644
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Rectangular miniature patch-box with canted corners, plain gold mounts and pink guilloché enamel; cover and base with sepia caduceus, rose diamond thumbpiece. An almost identical box enamelled in turquoise is in the Forbes Collection.
Moscow gold mark of 56 zolotniks (1896-1908); label inscribed From Xenia
Text adapted from Fabergé in the Royal CollectionProvenance
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III; by whom given to Queen Mary?
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Creator(s)
(jeweller)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Gold, guilloché enamel, rose diamonds
Measurements
0.8 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm (whole object)
Category
Place of Production
Moscow [Russia]
