Openwork diamond mounted brooch by Carl Fabergé
St Petersburg, 1913
of oval form, centred with a brilliant-cut diamond from which radiate diamond-set openwork elements surrounded by a trail of laurel leaves and a diamond-set border. The fra,e pf the jewel has been intricately pierced, allowing the trail of laurel leaves to appear to float within the borders.
Chief jeweller: Albert Holmström
A record of the completed jewel in this form survives in the albums of Albert Holmström dated 1st November, 1913.
Illustrated:
No.252 of Fabergé and the Russian Jewellers: A Loan Exhibition (Wartski, 2006).
No. 164 of From Function to Fantasy, The Brooch: 1200 BCE to the contemporary (Wartski, 2025).
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