Details
A Jewelled and Gold-Mounted Composite Hardstone Model of a Turkey
By Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
Realistically carved, the body made of obsidian, with quartzite face, purpurine comb and wattles, diamond eyes and chased gold feet, marked under feet
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased Bernhard Magaliff Antikviteter, Stockholm, 1960s.
Literature
U. Tillander-Godenhielm, exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé and His Contemporaries, Helsinki, 1980, p. 81, No. 78, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, 1997, p. 114, No. 52, illustrated.
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 312, No. 851, illustrated.
Exhibited
Helsinki, The Museum of Applied Arts, Carl Fabergé and His Contemporaries, 1980, No. 78.
Leningrad, Elagin Palace, The Great Fabergé: The Art of Jewellers of the Court Firm, 1989.
Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fabergé and Finland: Exquisite Objects, October 1996-January 1997.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé Goldsmith to the Tsar, 1997, No. 52.
Lahti, Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé: A Private Collection, March 14-May 4, 1997.
Wilmington, The Delaware Art Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 2000, No. 851.
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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