Lot 72
Victor Mayer for Fabergé: An enamel, citrine, smoky quartz and diamond 'Surprise' egg
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Auction: 23 October 2024 From 14:00 BST
Description
The yellow guilloché enamelled egg decorated with applied pink enamel and circular-cut citrine flowers, a bi-coloured honeybee with brilliant-cut diamond eyes and enamel wings perched atop, opening to reveal a bear eating from a honey-pot, mounted on a polished smoky quartz base, signed FABERGE, edition number 57/75, maker's mark for Victor Mayer, height 10.5cm, maker's presentation case and box
Footnote
The jewellery manufacturer Victor Mayer was founded in Germany by Victor Mayer (1857-1946) in 1890. The firm designed and created jewellery in line with contemporary trend from the late 1800s onward. Mayer himself was designing well into his late 80s.
From 1989-2009 Victor Mayer held the licence to create Fabergé jewellery and works of art. Mayer's great grandson, Marcus Oliver Mohr, was appointed a workmaster for Fabergé Ltd. In 1996, Fabergé jewellery by Victor Mayer was shown together with the works of Peter Carl Fabergé at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
