JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER's mark of HENRIK WIGSTRÖM ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917 Of octagonal section, in green translucent enamel over moiré ground, each angle with a dotted border, each end set with an octagonal chalcedony engraved with Arabic inscription in Nastaliq script, within rose-cut diamond border, with rose-cut diamond thumpiece, marked inside cover and base 2 5/8 in. (5.8 cm.) long Inscription reads: 'The path towards truth is what we hold fast to.' The inscription is often found on 19th Century Islamic seal impressions as well as talismanic seals with no name.
JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER's mark of HENRIK WIGSTRÖM ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917 Of octagonal section, in green translucent enamel over moiré ground, each angle with a dotted border, each end set with an octagonal chalcedony engraved with Arabic inscription in Nastaliq script, within rose-cut diamond border, with rose-cut diamond thumpiece, marked inside cover and base 2 5/8 in. (5.8 cm.) long Inscription reads: 'The path towards truth is what we hold fast to.' The inscription is often found on 19th Century Islamic seal impressions as well as talismanic seals with no name.
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