Faberge Enamel Tea Cup Holder with Catherine the Great Coin
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Wonderfulaberge silver enamel tea cup holder, Moscow, 1899-1908, of cylindrical form on circular foot, enamelled in translucent green over a wavy guilloche ground, and mounted with 1766 Grivennik coin covered with translucent red enamel over a guilloche ground on the exterior side, with a gilt painted profile of Catherine the Great, surrounded by a laurel-wreath silver border, struck with K. Faberge and Imperial Warrant, 84 standard, height: 4.5 cm
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- Guilloche - A form of classical decoration consisting of a repeating ornament of interlacing curved bands, sometimes forming circles, and further decorated with rosettes or other flower forms.
The name is derived from the inventor, French engineer Guillot, who invented a mechanical method of inscribing fine repeating patterns on to metallic surfaces.
On enamelled items with guilloche decoration, the surface is firstly engraved with the repeating pattern, and then covered with several layers of enamel, each of which is fired.
Where the item has not been enamelled the form of decoration is usually called "engine turned".
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