Beschreibung:

A necklace of sixteen jewelled, enamelled, hardstone miniature eggs Russia, late 19th-early 20th century, various makers, some unmarked 1 - small nephrite egg with a horseshoe pendant: unmarked 2 - purpurine egg suspended from gold chains: 56 standard, partial maker's mark 3 - textured gold egg, set with a large blue cabochon stone, probably a sapphire: unmarked 4 - tiger eye egg: unmarked 5 - wooden egg, painted with a scene of amorous children after Elizaveta Beam: unmarked 6 - silver and varicoloured filigree enamel egg: 84 standard 7 - red guilloché enamel (small chip to enamel): apparently unmarked 8 - gold egg centred with six emeralds and a rose-cut diamond: 56 standard, St. Petersburg, partial maker's mark 9 - gold and jasper egg: 56 standard, partial maker's mark 10 - varicoloured gold and blue guilloché enamel egg (small losses to enamel): 56 standard 11 - blue glass egg: unmarked 12 - gold and white guilloché enamel egg (losses to enamel): 56 standard, partial maker's mark 13 - gold-mounted wooden egg centred with faceted blue stone, probably a sapphire: partially marked 14 - gold textured egg centred with a large faceted red stone, probably a ruby: 56 standard, partial maker's mark 15 - pink milk glass egg: unmarked, 16 - nephrite egg: unmarked All suspended on a later silver and gold chain (16) length of the largest egg: 1.6cm (5/8in). Fußnoten Provenance Private collection, San Francisco