Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu

A Russian miniature gold egg pendant, attributed to Fabergé, circa 1896, with marks ФP, (FR in cyrillic), possibly for Feodor Rückert, the body decorated with vertical fluted ribs, each pierced, and inset with circular-cut rubies, sapphires and rose-cut diamonds, St. Petersburg city mark for pre-1899, 56 standard, on small loop attached to a larger suspension loop, total length 21mm. £700-£1,000

Purchased by the vendor from Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, London on 16 March 1979.

Feodor Ivanovich Rückert, (German: Friedrich Moritz Rückert), (1840-1918) was a silversmith, goldsmith, and a Fabergé workmaster of German origin.

It is thought that Rückert began working with Fabergé in 1887 when their new Moscow branch opened.

Gross weight 1.0gm.