A FABERGE SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHE ENAMEL THERMOMETER
Karl (Hjalmar) Armfelt, St. Petersburg, 1908 – 1917
Of rectangular form, the thermometer panel in Réaumur scale within beaded border, the body enameled in translucent light green over a wavy guilloche ground,
all within a silver-gilt chased border, the wooden back with silver-gilt scroll strut and suspension loop, marked on lower and upper edges
Marked Faberge in Cyrillic, workmaster’s mark of Karl Armfelt and 88 Russian silver standard,
scratched inventory number 19904
Height 7 5/16 in. (18,6 cm), width 2 1/16 in. (5,2 cm)
PROVENANCE:
Acquired by the grandfather of the previous owner in the 1970s
CONDITION:
Some wear to the edges of thermometer consistent with age, good overall condition.
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Item Nr. 994 (Faberge enamel thermometer)