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the domed body of the bellpush enamelled translucent pink over a concentrically engraved ground, mounted with chased silver gilt festoons creating a flower motif centring on the push-piece which is enamelled opalescent oyster over a swirled ground, stood on three gadrooned bun feet.
Workmaster: Johann Victor Aarne,
St. Petersburg, 1896-1904,
inventory number: 9353 & 9896
5.4 cm in diameter
Provenance
Purchased by The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna from Fabergé
in St Petersburg on 11th February 1904 for 80 roubles, the bell-push
is described in the original invoice as,
‘Electrical, rose and opal enamel’