This handsome box in cast and chained gold from the Perchin workshop is enamelled in yellow and white, set with the crowned cipher of Nicholas II. It is executed in diamonds in a diamond frame, surrounded by four double-healed eagles enamelled in black. The box was almost certainly made for the Tsar for the purposes of presentation.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Fabergé box, 1896–1908
Date supported
1974
Medium and material
Gold & enamel
Dimensions
8 x 8 x 2 cm
Gifted by
Sir William Seeds
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