BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 13916

Details

A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD HAND SEAL
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 13916
The circular head with curved thumb-piece, with concave sides enclosing a plain chalcedony matrix, the tapering fluted handle with green gold acanthus-chased mounts and two bands of rose-cut diamonds, surmounted by a cabochon moonstone, marked on mounts with workmaster's initials
4 3⁄8 in. (11 cm.) long

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 16 April 1999, lot 130.
Property of an English Gentleman; Sotheby's, London, 1 December 2005, lot 378.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé, New York, 1983, p. 85, no. 255.
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 138, no. 150 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 44, no. 34 (illustrated).

Exhibited

New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé, 22 April - 21 May 1983, no. 255.
Hamburg, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Fabergé, Juweilier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 150.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 34.

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Lot Essay

The present hand seal is recorded in the Fabergé inventory book, compiled by the Moscow branch in July 1918 before sending stock to St Petersburg.

We are grateful to Dmitry Krivoshey for his assistance with the research of the present lot.

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