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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED MIDWEST PRIVATE COLLECTION
A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1904
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A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1904
Rectangular, the nephrite body centering an oval aperture within a rose-cut diamond border, enclosing a later photograph of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1899-1918), suspended from a gold-mounted diamond and ruby-set tied ribbon, the mammoth ivory backing with scroll strut, marked on strut
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1904
Rectangular, the nephrite body centering an oval aperture within a rose-cut diamond border, enclosing a later photograph of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1899-1918), suspended from a gold-mounted diamond and ruby-set tied ribbon, the mammoth ivory backing with scroll strut, marked on strut
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high
Provenance
The John Sheldon Collection, Sotheby's, London, October 24, 28 & 29, 1985, lot 182.
Tessier, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996.
Tessier, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996.
Brought to you by
Anne Bracegirdle