Rare Antique Victorian Imperial 14K Gold Enamel Paperknife Letter Opener Romanov for Sale

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Rare Antique Victorian Imperial 14K Gold Enamel Paperknife Letter Opener Romanov For Sale

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Rare Antique Victorian Imperial 14K Gold Enamel Paperknife Letter Opener Romanov:
$14999.96

LOT-LSE146. For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and important c.1900 antique Victorian Imperial gemset, two-tone, solid 14K rose and yellow gold, diamond and agate paper-knife. Workmaster hallmarks for chief Faberge jeweler and workmaster August Holmström (1829-1903) – work-master mark AH, active 1857-1903. Weight is 76.97g.

Measuring in at a staggering 26.35 cm. (US/10.375 inches), the hand-carved translucent blade is fashioned from genuine natural Siberian Agate and is delicately sleeved with a meticulously crafted solid yellow gold Imperial Eagle with center diamond mounted on a circular gold base featuring Guilloche enamel.

Above the gold and diamond embellished Imperial Eagle is a gold and diamond encrusted Imperial Royal Cyrillic cipher (Cipher) M, presumably implying royal imperial provenance attributed to Empress, Maria Feodorovna, born Princess Dagmar of Denmark (26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928). The Royal Cyrillic cipher (Cipher) M is topped with a diamond encrusted imperial crown. Altogether, a total of 102 old mine cut diamonds are noted.