Antique Sterling silver, Russian Imperial Guilloche White Enamel Egg Pendant by Fabergé master Anders Johan Nevalainen.

Antique Sterling silver, Russian Imperial Guilloche White Enamel Egg Pendant by Fabergé master Anders Johan Nevalainen.

Signed: AN

Marked: 88

Size: 1.8 cm L x 1 cm diameter

Weight: 3.3 gr.

Gilt silver Easter Egg pendant. White guilloche enamel surface with polychrome polka dot design. Hallmark of 88 silver standard and makers mark are on the fitting ring.

Antti Nevalainen – workmaster marks A N and AN

– active 1885-1917

Anders is the Swedish speaking version of the name, but Nevalainen was a purely Finnish speaking person.

Anders Johan Nevalainen is one of the most famous Finnish jewelers of the late 19th/first quarter of the 20th century. He collaborated with the Fabergé jewelry company. He was born on January 1, 1858, in Pielisjärvi, Grand Duchy of Finland. From 1874, he worked in St. Petersburg: from 1875 - as an apprentice goldsmith and from 1885 - as a master goldsmith. At first, he worked in the workshop of August Holmström; later, he became an independent master, working exclusively for the Fabergé company. The bow was engraved with the initials “A.N” of the master builder and, to the right, the head of a woman with a kokoshnik and the “88” silver standard of Imperial Russia, the hallmark for the highest quality silver objects, established in 1847.