Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.
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MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18793
Details
A JEWELLED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-MOUNTED DESK CLOCK
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18793
Rectangular, enamelled in translucent raspberry over a moiré guilloché ground, further engraved with floral garlands suspended from ribbons in the upper and lower sections, with a circular seed-pearl bezel, all within an acanthus-chased border, the white enamel dial with black Arabic chapter and pierced hands, the ivorine back with a silver scroll strut, the back-plate with hand-set, marked throughout; in the original Fabergé wooden case
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18793
Rectangular, enamelled in translucent raspberry over a moiré guilloché ground, further engraved with floral garlands suspended from ribbons in the upper and lower sections, with a circular seed-pearl bezel, all within an acanthus-chased border, the white enamel dial with black Arabic chapter and pierced hands, the ivorine back with a silver scroll strut, the back-plate with hand-set, marked throughout; in the original Fabergé wooden case
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), purchased from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 4 February 1910 for 300 roubles.
Literature
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, London, 1988, p. 103 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes: [eine Ausstellung des Museums fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg], Heidelberg, 1995, no. 124 (illustrated).
G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 211, no. 509 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes: [eine Ausstellung des Museums fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg], Heidelberg, 1995, no. 124 (illustrated).
G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 211, no. 509 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Museums fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, 12 April-25 June 1995, no. 124.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, 2000, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 9 September 2000 - 18 February 2001, no. 509.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, 2000, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 9 September 2000 - 18 February 2001, no. 509.
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