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拍品专文
This elegant silver paper knife with a bowenite handle was jointly purchased by Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and her husband Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich from Fabergé on 8 December 1898 for 55 roubles. The blade is inscribed in Russian 'Christmas tree / 1899', suggesting that it was given as a Christmas gift, likely to a family member or close friend of Grand Duchess Xenia and her husband. Works by Fabergé were often regarded as ideal presents for Christmas, Easter, birthdays, and other significant occasions, serving as a form of social currency among the aristocracy.
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna was the eldest daughter of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna, and the sister of Emperor Nicholas II. In 1894, she married Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and together they had seven children. Following the Revolution of 1917, Grand Duchess Xenia fled the country and eventually settled in the United Kingdom. King George V, who was her first cousin, allowed her to settle in Frogmore Cottage, a grace and favour house, in Windsor.
We are grateful to Dmitry Krivoshey for his assistance with the research of the present lot.
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna was the eldest daughter of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna, and the sister of Emperor Nicholas II. In 1894, she married Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and together they had seven children. Following the Revolution of 1917, Grand Duchess Xenia fled the country and eventually settled in the United Kingdom. King George V, who was her first cousin, allowed her to settle in Frogmore Cottage, a grace and favour house, in Windsor.
We are grateful to Dmitry Krivoshey for his assistance with the research of the present lot.