A rare Fabergé smoky quartz bonbonnière with jewelled and enamelled gold mount, workmaster Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, circa 1900

 

A rare Fabergé smoky quartz bonbonnière with jewelled and enamelled gold mount, workmaster Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, circa 1900 
carved in the form of a scarab with pharaoh's face, the eyes set with diamonds, the gold mount chased with leaf tips under translucent green enamel, cabochon ruby and rose-cut diamond-set thumbpiece, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 72 standard, scratched inventory number 59487
width: 4.8cm, 1 7/8 in.
Estimate 
 
8,000 — 12,000
 

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