Lot 0172
Fabergé Silver Presentation Bowl Set with Russian Imperial Roubles, St Petersburg, 1896
Estimate: 15000-18000€
A Fabergé Silver Presentation Bowl Set with Russian Imperial Roubles
St Petersburg, firm of Karl Fabergé, workmaster Stefan Wäkevä, 1896.
Silver, Russian silver rouble coins; casting, repoussé, chasing, engraving, applied coin mounts.
Weight: 864 g.
Dimensions: 15 × 18 × 18 cm.
Marks: firm mark К. ФАБЕРЖЕ beneath the Imperial warrant; workmaster’s mark S.W in an oval for Stefan Wäkevä; St Petersburg assay mark, 84 zolotniki silver standard, dated 1896.
A silver presentation bowl of rounded cauldron form, raised on three spherical feet and decorated with an applied frieze of classical palmettes below the rim. The body is set with four Russian Imperial silver roubles: a rouble of Peter I, a rouble of Anna Ioannovna, a rouble of Peter III and a rouble of Catherine II. The coins are mounted in circular silver frames and arranged around the body as historical medallions, turning the vessel into a dynastic and numismatic object.
The principal side bears the engraved inscription “St. Petersbourg” and the dates 7 Octobre 1889 and 24 Janvier 1898, with a finely engraved monogram below.
Stefan Wäkevä was one of the important St Petersburg silversmiths supplying the Fabergé firm. Born in 1833 in the Viipuri Province of the Grand Duchy of Finland, he trained in St Petersburg and became a master silversmith in 1856. His workshop supplied Fabergé with high-quality silverware, including tea services, tankards and punch bowls.
Starting price: 12000€
Estimate: 15000-18000€
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