A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CANE HANDLE

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Property from the Vertical Art Collection, the proceeds to benefit the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the University of California San Francisco Thoracic Oncology Lung Cancer Program (Lots 239-250). This cane handle is one of twelve lots offered from the Vertical Art Collection, formed by an American private collector who chooses to remain anonymous. On November 30th a larger group of works from the same collection will be offered for sale at Christie's New York. These sales reveal but a glimpse of a collection that only became known more broadly in 2008 with the publication of Vertical Art: The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks. The startling tableaux by photographer Umberto Barone depicts canes of semi-precious stones inset with diamonds within a dazzling panorama of canes of diverse periods, styles and materials.

A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CANE HANDLE

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 14902

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A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CANE HANDLE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 14902
The tapering cylindrical handle enamelled overall in translucent white over wavy guilloché ground, within laurel-chased borders, the upper border with a scrolling band of chased laurel vines on a ground enamelled in opaque lilac, the top centring a rose-cut diamond finial, marked on collar and inside rim, with a later fitted case
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, Geneva, 15-16 November 1994, lot 432.

Special Notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

The present cane handle was included in the list of items requisitioned by Soviet authorities from the Fabergé shop in Moscow in 1919. The cost was recorded as 425 roubles in 1919 and 85 roubles in 1913.

We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for helping research the present lot.

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