Fabergé, an aventurine quartz, ruby and diamond scent bottle pendant

Fabergé, an aventurine quartz, ruby and diamond scent bottle pendant, workmaster Michael Perchin, late 19th century, designed as a handled amphora in carved aventurine quartz, mounted in gold with laurel festoons crossed with X-shaped motifs set with rose-cut diamonds, the hinged lid accented with additional rose-cut diamonds and cabochon rubies, opening to reveal a gold stopper, the vase's hoop handles connected to a gold chain suspension, length 9.8cm including chain, Russian 56 zolotnik assay mark with workmaster's mark MП and faint additional mark, scratched inventory number 2565

Cf.: two scent bottles in the Royal Collection trust by Perchin for Fabergé, RCIN 40221, designed in aventurine quartz in the Chinese taste, probably purchased by Queen Alexandra c.1904, and RCIN 40220, for a smoky quartz scent bottle designed as a lyre, the guilloché enamel, rose diamond and pearl lid of a comparable silhouette to the present bottle.