A PAIR OF JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CUFFLINKS
PROBABLY BY FRIEDRICH KÖCHLI, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VICTOR LINDROZ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
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A PAIR OF JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CUFFLINKS
PROBABLY BY FRIEDRICH KÖCHLI, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VICTOR LINDROZ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Of lozenge form, each enamelled in translucent scarlet red over sunburst guilloché ground, applied with a gold double-headed eagle set with a diamond, marked on studs; in the original silk and velvet-lined red leather case applied with a double-headed eagle on cover
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
By repute, presented by the Imperial Cabinet to Mikhail Priklonskii (1864-1944), the Chamberlain and Ambassador to Austria-Hungary during the outbreak of the First World War.