A GOLD-MOUNTED LAPIS LAZULI PARASOL 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 GOLD-MOUNTED LAPIS LAZULI PARASOL HANDLE

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 24701

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A GOLD-MOUNTED LAPIS LAZULI PARASOL HANDLE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 24701
The tapering cylindrical lapis lazuli handle mounted with gold cagework, engraved with geometric motifs, marked on lower collar, in the original velvet and silk-lined fitted case, stamped 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow London' beneath the Imperial warrant
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high

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