Lot 632: A FABERGÉ SILVER AND ENAMEL FRAME, WORKMASTER ANDERS NEVALAINEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1908

A FABERGÉ SILVER AND ENAMEL FRAME, WORKMASTER ANDERS NEVALAINEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1908 oval, the surface enamelled in translucent scarlet over wavy chevron engine-turning and applied with rosettes, wood back, scroll strut, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 8551 height: 7.9cm, 3 5/8 in.

For comparison, see the salmon pink frame by the same maker which contains a photograph of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, the Kazan Collection, illustrated, M. Ghosn, Collection William Kazan: Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, 1996, no. 36, p. 123.