A gold rectangular picture frame with projecting corners, decorated with cobalt blue enamel over a guilloché ground, applied with laurel-leaf swags and rosettes and surmounted by a red gold ribbon tie; the oval aperture decorated with a beaded border; the ivory back fitted with a scrolling gold strut.
Fabergé Gold and Enamel Frame
Fabergéreference number: FB_101
St Petersburg, circa 1890
gold, enamel, ivory
height: 9.2 cm
maker’s mark: FABERGÉ in Cyrillic
workmaster’s mark: Cyrillic initials M.P. for Mikhail Perkhin
gold standard: 56 zolotnik
Fabergé scratched inventory number 47444