Lot Essay
For the original design for this inkwell, see U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, p. [142], pl. 379.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED MIDWEST PRIVATE COLLECTION
A TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL INKWELL
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Details
A TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL INKWELL
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Octagonal and baluster-form, the reeded spreading gold base on four bun feet, applied with ribbon-tied laurel swags within beaded and gadrooned borders, surmounted by an octagonal reeded mount centering a circular inkwell, the detachable domed cover surmounted by a two-color gold ribbon-tied laurel wreath finial, marked throughout
4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Octagonal and baluster-form, the reeded spreading gold base on four bun feet, applied with ribbon-tied laurel swags within beaded and gadrooned borders, surmounted by an octagonal reeded mount centering a circular inkwell, the detachable domed cover surmounted by a two-color gold ribbon-tied laurel wreath finial, marked throughout
4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, June 28 & 29, 1979, lot 403.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, December 5, 1997, lot 334.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, December 5, 1997, lot 334.
Literature
A. Kenneth Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, London, 1962, illustrated and listed p. [56], no. 142.
G. Hill (ed.), Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, illustrated p. [308], listed p. 293, no. 266.
G. Hill (ed.), Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, illustrated p. [308], listed p. 293, no. 266.
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