A SNAKEWOOD BELLPUSH WITH SILVER MOUNTS

Description:

Fabergé,Johann Victor Arne, St. Petersburg c. 1896-1904
H 6.5 cm
Snakewood, silver applications and moonstone. Fluted column shaft with garland decoration on a square plinth. The cuff of the pusher with palmette frieze. Hallmarks on the bottom edge: MZ Faberge St. Petersburg (slightly misplaced), WMZ Johann Victor Arne, BZ Kokoschnik with 88, assayer Jakov Ljapunov. Generally good condition, perhaps later electrified.
Sotheby's London, Auktion 9. November 2000, Lot 80.
Literatur:
Géza von Habsburg: Fabergé, München 1986. See Abb. 25, WM S. 325