Mardi 8 Décembre, 14h
A Russian gold, enamel and diamond locket pendant, Karl Fabergé 1899-1908, of circular form with the front in guilloché white enamel in a waved sunburst pattern overlayed with chased rose gold branches, yellow gold leaves and set with rose cut diamonds and rubies as berries. Opening sideways, the inside is set with a mirror and a glass-covered keepsake compartment. Hallmarked as follows: kokoshnik head partially visible on the lone branch on the left side, kokoshnik head marked 'IL' in cyrillic to the reverse of the guilloché enamel, suspension ring with KF and kokoshnik head, reverse of pendant KF and kokoshnik 56 with 'IL' in cyrillic, scratched inventory number below 24260 and repeated on the mirror frame. diam. 5 cm Provenance: Julija Mikhailovna Rogatkina-Ezhikova, wife of Dmitrij Mikhailovich Rogatkin-Ezhikov, Moscow; - Count Bioglio, Rome (second husband of J. M. Rogatkina-Ezhikova), thereafter his second wife, America D. G., Rome to her successors.
Julija M. Rogatkina-Ezhikova was considered the most beautiful woman in Moscow. Wife of the important Muscovite fur trader Dmitri M. Rogatkin-Ezhikov, Julija was travelling in Italy when the Russian revolution broke out. She never returned to Russian and married her second husband, Count Bioglio in Rome. After the death of Julija, the count re-married America D.G. who bequeathed the locket to the current owner.
Description
A Russian gold, enamel and diamond locket pendant, Karl Fabergé 1899-1908, of circular form with the front in guilloché white enamel in a waved sunburst pattern overlayed with chased rose gold branches, yellow gold leaves and set with rose cut diamonds and rubies as berries. Opening sideways, the inside is set with a mirror and a glass-covered keepsake compartment. Hallmarked as follows: kokoshnik head partially visible on the lone branch on the left side, kokoshnik head marked 'IL' in cyrillic to the reverse of the guilloché enamel, suspension ring with KF and kokoshnik head, reverse of pendant KF and kokoshnik 56 with 'IL' in cyrillic, scratched inventory number below 24260 and repeated on the mirror frame. diam. 5 cm
Provenance: Julija Mikhailovna Rogatkina-Ezhikova, wife of Dmitrij Mikhailovich Rogatkin-Ezhikov, Moscow;
- Count Bioglio, Rome (second husband of J. M. Rogatkina-Ezhikova), thereafter his second wife, America D. G., Rome to her successors.
Julija M. Rogatkina-Ezhikova was considered the most beautiful woman in
Moscow. Wife of the important Muscovite fur trader Dmitri M. Rogatkin-Ezhikov,
Julija was travelling in Italy when the Russian revolution broke out. She never
returned to Russian and married her second husband, Count Bioglio in Rome.
After the death of Julija, the count re-married America D.G. who bequeathed the
locket to the current owner.
Julija M. Rogatkina-Ezhikova
Julija M. Rogatkina-Ezhikova était considérée comme la plus belle femme de Moscou. Epouse de l'important marchand moscovite de fourrures Dmitrij M. Rogatkin-Ezhikov, elle était en villégiature en Italie lorsque la révolution russe éclata. Elle ne retourna jamais en Russie et épousa en secondes noces, à Rome, le comte Bioglio. Ce dernier, après le décès de Julija, se remaria avec America D. G. qui légua le médaillon à son actuelle propriétaire.