Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu

A Russian miniature gold egg pendant probably by Fabergé, circa 1900, with workmaster’s mark ‘AH’ for August Holmström or his son Albert Holmström, the hammered gold egg inset with a tiger’s eye cabochon, 56 standard, on small loop attached to a larger suspension loop, length 18mm. £700-900

Purchased by the vendor from Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, London, on 24 August 1979 for £500.

August Holmström (1829-1903) was workmaster for Fabergé, active between 1857-1903. His son Albert Holmström took over his father’s jewellery workshop after his death and continued using his father’s mark ‘AH’. It appears to be unique in the Fabergé genre that the same mark was used by two generations of qualified workmasters.

Gross weight 1.5gm.