Lot 224: A JEWELLED TWO-COLOR GOLD MINIATURE BOOK MARK

by Faberg‚ and with the workmaster's mark of Eduard Schramm, St. Petersburg, circa 1896 Shaped as a paperknife, the lower half with openwork foliage scrolls, the upper half with an owl set with rose-cut diamonds and cabochon emerald eyes perched on a gold branch, surmounted by an elaborate acanthus leaf set with rose-cut diamonds and cabochon rubies, marked on reverse, in original fitted case stamped, 'K. Faberg‚' with Imperial warrant 3 5/16in. (8cm.) long NOTES The above striking pattern was inspired by the Aesthetic movement, an assimilation of Japanese influences into the Arts and Crafts movement. For a cigarette-case decorated with a similar design, see, Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, Faberg‚, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 142.