MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18419
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A JEWELLED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER DESK CLOCK
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18419
Of rectangular form, enamelled in translucent white over a moiré guilloché ground, painted en grisaille with entwined rose garlands and laurel bands, centring a white enamel dial within a seed-pearl bezel, black Arabic chapters and pierced gold hands, all within a gold acanthus-chased outer border, with a silver scroll strut and an ivorine back, marked throughout; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18419
Of rectangular form, enamelled in translucent white over a moiré guilloché ground, painted en grisaille with entwined rose garlands and laurel bands, centring a white enamel dial within a seed-pearl bezel, black Arabic chapters and pierced gold hands, all within a gold acanthus-chased outer border, with a silver scroll strut and an ivorine back, marked throughout; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Martha Nobel (1881-1973), thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 12 May 1980, lot 289.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 12 May 1980, lot 289.
Literature
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, London 2000, p. 214, no. 522.
Exhibited
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Fabergé - Juwelier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 128.
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