A Neo-Rococo gold-mounted nephrite cup by Fabergé. The bowl of circular form carved from a single piece of nephrite, held à cage within green and yellow gold rocaille foliate mounts, with a shaped gold handle similarly decorated with rocaille scrolls and enamelled in translucent red over a guilloché ground.
Fabergé Gold-Mounted Nephrite Charka
Fabergéreference number: FB_165
St Petersburg, circa 1890
nephrite, gold, enamel
width: 8.7 cm
workmaster’s mark: Cyrillic initials M.P. for Mikhail Perkhin
gold standard: 56 zolotniks
Fabergé scratched inventory number 14600