Details
A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Of octagonal section, enamelled in translucent green over moiré guilloché ground within dotted gold bands, the sides mounted with agate panels framed by diamond-set borders and finely engraved in the Persian Nasta'liq script 'The path towards truth is what we hold fast to', the hinged cover with a diamond-set thumb-piece, in a fitted red leather Wartski case, marked inside base and cover
2 5/8 in. (5.8 cm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 16 November 1988, lot 124.
Christie's, London, 13 June 2007, lot 238.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, The Last Flowering of Court Art (A Russian Private Collection of Fabergé), London, 2010, illustrated pp. 82-83, listed p. 82, no. 28.
Exhibited
London, Wartski, The Last Flowering of Court Art (A Russian Private Collection of Fabergé), 24 November-4 December 2010, no. 28.
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