A gold parasol handle of tapering cylindrical form decorated with panels of translucent salmon pink enamel over a guilloché ground, painted with entwined laurel garlands, each set with three large rose-cut diamonds and framed by chased gold and white enamel borders with small gem-set pellets at the intersections, with diamond bands around the edges, the top similarly enamelled and set with a rose-cut diamond finial.
Fabergé Jewelled Gold and Enamel Parasol Handle
Fabergéreference number: FB_153
St Petersburg, circa 1890
gold, enamel, diamonds
length: 6.7 cm
workmaster’s mark: Cyrillic initials M.P. for Mikhail Perkhin
assay master’s mark: Cyrillic initials Ya.L. for Yakov Lyapunov
gold standard: 56 zolotniks
Fabergé scratched inventory number 14430