A gold parasol handle of tapering cylindrical form decorated with panels of grey enamel over a guilloché ground, framed by chased gold and white enamel borders applied with diamond and enamel flower motifs, the lower part is treated as a series of cartouches, each enclosing a rose-cut diamond; the top similarly decorated and set with a rose-cut diamond finial; the edges applied with bands of smaller diamonds; the opening later filled with a large citrine.
Fabergé Jewelled Gold and Enamel Parasol Handle
Fabergéreference number: FB_157
St Petersburg, circa 1890
gold, enamel, diamonds, citrine
length: 7 cm
maker’s mark: FABERGÉ in Cyrillic
workmaster’s mark: Cyrillic initials M.P. for Mikhail Perkhin
assay master’s mark: Cyrillic initials Ya.L. for Yakov Lyapunov
gold standard: of 56 zolotnik