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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED MIDWEST PRIVATE COLLECTION
A JEWELED TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL AND BLOODSTONE GUM-POT
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1904
Details
A JEWELED TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL AND BLOODSTONE GUM-POT
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1904
Baluster-form on a spreading gold circular foot, enameled with panels of opaque white, the body applied with two rose-cut diamonds suspending ribbon-tied laurel swags, within chased stiff-leaf borders, each gold scroll handle with pearl finial, the enameled cover with band of rose-cut diamonds surmounted by a pine cone finial, enclosing a brush, marked throughout
3 5/8 in. (9.1 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1904
Baluster-form on a spreading gold circular foot, enameled with panels of opaque white, the body applied with two rose-cut diamonds suspending ribbon-tied laurel swags, within chased stiff-leaf borders, each gold scroll handle with pearl finial, the enameled cover with band of rose-cut diamonds surmounted by a pine cone finial, enclosing a brush, marked throughout
3 5/8 in. (9.1 cm.) high
Provenance
The Property of the Late Mrs. Robert Tritton, Christie's, London, July 15, 1983, lot 83.
The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York.
With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York.
With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Literature
A. von Solodkoff, Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, illustrated and listed p. 176.
C. Forbes & R. Tromeur-Brenner, Fabergé: The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, illustrated p. 174, listed p. 175.
C. Forbes & R. Tromeur-Brenner, Fabergé: The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, illustrated p. 174, listed p. 175.
Exhibited
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Art, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, June 27-August 12, 1984, no. 95.
Edinburgh and Aberdeen, The Fine Art Society and Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum, Fabergé and the Edwardians, August 8-31 and September 5-26, 1987, no. 95 and no. 31.
Edinburgh and Aberdeen, The Fine Art Society and Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum, Fabergé and the Edwardians, August 8-31 and September 5-26, 1987, no. 95 and no. 31.
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