FABERGE
antique pendant in the form of a gold egg being cracked with a knife, made in
St. Petersburg around 1890. The polished gold egg is set with a
diamond, the knife - with a tiny cabochon spinel.
Height of the egg (without knife and rings) - 1,8 cm (3/4
in.). Length of the knife - 2,4 cm (1 in.)
sold
An identical egg from the Forbes magazine collection is published in FABERGE The Forbes Collection,
page 79
Both rings are struck with 56
zolotniks standard (14K-583 gold), St. Petersburg assay mark, and ' KФ
' in Cyrillic for Karl Faberge.
Original Pre-1917
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