18 - FABERGE, A RARE JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A POLAR BEAR, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved as a seated polar bear, with head positioned to one side, the eyes set with cabochon rubies, apparently unsigned. Height: 5.0cm (2 inches).

FABERGE, A RARE JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A POLAR BEAR, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved as a seated polar bear, with head positioned to one side, the eyes set with cabochon rubies, apparently unsigned. Height: 5.0cm (2 inches). Provenance - Private Collection UK. - Andre Ruzhnikov. - Private Collection UK (acquired from Andre Ruzhnikov). - Elmwood's London, 30 May 2024, Faberge Masterpieces - An Important Private Collection, lot 13. - Private Collection UK (Acquired at the above sale by the late owner). Literature - G. Munn, Wartski: The First Hundred and Fifty Years The First 150 Years, 2015, p. 81 (illustrated).