A GEM-SET, TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PARASOL HANDLE CONVERTED INTO A PAPER KNIFE

A GEM-SET, TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PARASOL HANDLE CONVERTED INTO A PAPER KNIFE

PROBABLY BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

Slightly tapering, enamelled overall in translucent light pink over a wavy guilloché ground, decorated with green gold laurel bands and a later pink gold meander border, set with a cabochon moonstone, the later silver-gilt blade in the form of a sword, with a leaf-shaped cross guard, apparently unmarked

8¼ in. (21 cm.) long