Faberge miniature footed gold vase or tazza in Renaissance taste, made in St. Petersburg around 1890 by workmaster Alfred Thielemann. Height 1 3/4 in. (4,5 cm). Diameter 4 1/4 in. (10,7 cm).
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A shallow gold bowl is raised on a carved bloodstone foot.
The gold bowl and the gold foot mount have mat finish.
The center is decorated with champleve enamel rosette. The border is enriched with sapphires and rose-cut diamonds in Renaissance style settings.
The foot is carved from a single piece of bloodstone.
Heliotrope, also known as bloodstone, was extensively used by Faberge, especially in late 1880s and 1890s. One of the large Imperial eggs The Memory of Azov, 1891, presented by Nicholas II to his mother Empress Maria was made from that stone. Around the same time, Faberge produced various objects (like cups and bowls) in Renaissance style which was in vogue at that period.
Highly glossy raised champleve enamel on contrasting mat ground.
Very fine gold work.
Struck on the bowl with 56 zolotnik standard (14K-583 gold)/St. Petersburg assay mark and workmaster's initials 'A.T'
Alfred Thielemann, master in St. Petersburg from 1858. Head of Faberge's second jewelery workshop from 1880. After his death, around 1910, his son and wife ran the workshop.
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