A finely carved nephrite cup by Fabergé, mounted à cage with two-colour ribbon-tied laurel garlands and rosettes, further fitted with a laurel-chased rim and a handle modelled as a winged caryatid, raised on a circular gold foot.




reference number: FB_164
St Petersburg, circa 1890
nephrite, gold
width: 8.5 cm
maker’s mark: Cyrillic initials M.P. for Mikhail Perkhin
assay mark of St Petersburg (crossed anchors and sceptre)
gold standard: 56 zolotniks
Fabergé scratched inventory number 7154
A finely carved nephrite cup by Fabergé, mounted à cage with two-colour ribbon-tied laurel garlands and rosettes, further fitted with a laurel-chased rim and a handle modelled as a winged caryatid, raised on a circular gold foot.