BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1912

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A JEWELED PLATINUM LORGNETTE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1912
Of typical form, the tapering cylindrical handle with reeded loop terminal, the upper section applied with three bands of diamonds and rubies, the lens mount applied with diamond-set anthemion leaves and scrolling foliage, marked on bridge
5½ in. (14 cm.) long

Provenance

A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996.

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Lot Essay

For a design for a nearly identical lorgnette, see U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, illustrated pp. 24; for a group of lorgnette designs, see p. 156, pl. 45.

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