A Fabergé gem-set gold-mounted carved striated agate & enamel cup, workmaster Michael Perchin, Saint Petersburg, circa 1895, with scratched Fabergé inventory number 52147. The carved bulbous bowl fitted with a conjoined C-scroll handle surmounted by a white-enameled gold ruble coin of Empress Elizabeth, dated 1756, in a chased laurel bezel & flanked by a rose diamond & a cabochon ruby; the circular footed based engraved with channeling. Struck with workmaster’s initials, Fabergé in Cyrillic, & 56 gold fineness standard. Height: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm).
Provenance: Parke-Bernet, New York, March 23, 1971, lot 164.