A Russian Strawberry Red Guilloché Enameled Gold Miniature Easter Egg Fabergé, Workmaster Vasili Soloviev, St. Petersburg, circa 1900 0-7/8 x 0-1/2 inches (2.2 x 1.3 cm) PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Houston, Texas; John Atzbach Antique, Bellevue, Washington; Acquired from the above by the current owner. Fabergé Workmaster Vasilii Soloviev (or Vasily Solovyev), was a specialist in enameling on small & fine gold objects, Vasilii Fedorovich Soloviev appears in Petersburg city records from about 1900 to 1910 and Fabergé's designer Franz Birbaum mentions him in his 1919 memoirs. For more information on Vasili Soloviev, cf. Fabergé, Kohler & Skurlov, Fabergé: A Comprehensive Reference Book, Editions Slatkine: Geneva, 2012, p. 269. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved