Russian FABERGE Blue Guilloche Enamel Royal Orb Bell Push Guaranteed Authentic

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Russian FABERGE Blue Guilloche Enamel Royal Orb Bell Push Guaranteed Authentic:
$7500.00

Exceptional and extremely scarce antique Imperial Russia circa 1908 Faberge sterling silver and translucent guilloche enamel bell push in the form of a Royal Crown Jewel orb. The perfectly round spherical bell push is nearly completely covered with finest Royal blue colored guilloche enamel and opens in two halves to reveal the electric mechanism of the bell. The piece is fully functional and can be easily used again, while requiring two tiny electric cords to be attached to the appropriate places. This Faberge piece is lifetime guaranteed authentic and original! It is hallmarked with a St. Petersburg 84 sterling silver kokoshnik hallmark, as well as marked with the Faberge's firm workmaster's initials AT for Alfred Thieleman. The piece was additionally precisely attributed to Alfred Thielemann and the Faberge firm in general by one of the top world experts of Faberge and the Imperial Eggs. The bell push is additionally inscribed with a Faberge scratched inventory number that reads 3264. The electrical wooden and metal bell mechanism inside has a written in black ink initials A.C., as well as an inventory or part comment saying PART III in Russian.The white push of the bell is crafted in what appears to be a fine semi translucent piece of mother of pearl or moonstone. The two halves of the bell push have in the middle two identical bands of silver rims and both bands have a specifically made and opposing tiny scratches. When those two opposing scratches match their places, the two halves open and when they are slightly put at different positions to each other, the bell push and the sphere becomes intact and complete. There is a small hole left at the very bottom surrounded by a circular silver rim and provided for the electrical cords output. This fine and extremely rare Faberge object measures 27mm in diameter and 33.5mm tall along with its white push button. Gross weight is 21.7 grams. The condition of this fine piece of real antique Faberge is absolutely perfect, without any restorations of any kind and with superb and all around intact guilloche enamel. The piece was acquired through descendants of an old aristocratic estate and was perfectly preserved through the years. When purchased, the silver was heavily patinated both on the insides and outer parts, so it was professionally polished and buffed up to its original glamour and eye appeal.
Absolutely perfect and scarce antique Imperial Russian collector piece and one of the truly rare authentic Faberge guilloche enamel silver bell pushes and decorative objects in general. Similar Faberge bell pushes fetch prices in the $15,000 or up range at major sale sales.
The House of Fabergé (Russian: Дом Фаберже) is a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, by Gustav Faberge, using the accented name "Fabergé"; Gustav was followed by his son Peter Carl Fabergé, until the firm was nationalised by the Bolsheviks in 1918. The firm has been famous for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs for the Russian Tsars and a range of other work of high quality and intricate details.Please, kindly bear in mind that due to several business locations that we occupy within the EU, some of our items could be shipped from alternative European member state, but in no case this would affect the shipping, handling and delivery times, nor it will affect in any sense the quality and appearance of the items purchased and delivered.