MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17618
Details
A Two-Color Gold-Mounted Guilloché Enamel Photograph Frame
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, scratched inventory number 17618
Square, enameled in translucent white over a wavy guilloché ground, centering a conforming seed pearl-set aperture enclosing a later photograph of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, all within a laurel-chased two-color gold border, set with rosettes at the corners, with gold scroll strut and ivory backing, marked on edge of frame and strut
2 7/8 in. (6.4 cm.) high
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, scratched inventory number 17618
Square, enameled in translucent white over a wavy guilloché ground, centering a conforming seed pearl-set aperture enclosing a later photograph of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, all within a laurel-chased two-color gold border, set with rosettes at the corners, with gold scroll strut and ivory backing, marked on edge of frame and strut
2 7/8 in. (6.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1960s.
By direct descent to the present owner.
By direct descent to the present owner.
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