Beschreibung:

A 9 carat gold curb link bracelet with 14 Russian miniature Easter eggs, circa 1900, each link stamped '9' and '375' to a dog clip clasp, the eggs comprising from left to right: a polished egg, inset with 1899 and V in rose cut diamonds, unmarked, 14mm long; an open work egg, formed of graduated spaced discs set with an oval cabochon ruby, unmarked, 14mm; a polished egg with a flower bud collet set with a pendeloque cut ruby and a trefoil of round cut sapphires beneath, stamped with 56 zolotnik mark, unknown maker's mark Latin 'HS' (in Latin) , St Petersburg 1898-1908, 15mm long; egg with planished effect overall, rub over set with a single ruby cabochon, unmarked, 15mm; an egg with planished effect overall, the rub over setting with a stone missing, indistinct mark, possibly a star or an X, 14mm; an openwork egg composed of foliate scrolls, the link with an indistinct mark, 13mm; an egg in the form of a bud, the calyx suspended with hoop drops alternatively set with rose cut diamonds, 56 zolotnik mark, unknown assay master's mark and indistinct work master's mark, 14mm; an openwork egg, in the form of a resting butterfly, its body at the belly of the egg, the wings collet set with eight rose cut diamonds (two missing), unmarked, 14mm; a polished egg rub over set with a cabochon ruby, indistinct mark, 15mm;red enamel egg, in bud form, the calyx with a rose cut diamond at the centre, stamped with workmaster's mark, 'K?', 15mm; an egg with planished effect overall, rub over set with a single cabochon ruby, 56 zolotnik mark, 15mm; a polished egg, randomly inset with three old brilliant cut diamonds (one a replaced white zircon), two sapphires, and four rubies, the colours of Mother Russia, the stones interlinked with engraved lines, 56 zolotnik mark, indistinct assay master's mark and the work master's mark of Gabriel Nykänen,15mm; a polished egg, inset with a diagonal band of calibre cut rubies, no mark; an egg with hammered effect overall, rub over set with an oval cabochon sapphire, unmarked, 13mm, 52g gross Nykanen (Russian transliteration, Niukkanen), was a Finnish workmaster who ran his own workshop on Kazanskaya Street in St Petersburg in the 1870s. He became a workmaster for Faberge in 1885. He is recognised for his work on cigarette boxes and small objets in gold and silver, of which this egg is an example.Tillander-Godenhielm, 'Faberge ja hanen suomalaiset mestarinsa' (Faberge and His Finnish Workmasters), 2008, p. 404-405