Lot Essay
For a similar triple hand-seal see New York, A la Vieille Russie, Fabergé; a Loan Exhibition for the benefit of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, (1983), no.244 illustrated.
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ENGRAVED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Details
A two-color gold and turquoise triple Hand-seal
engraved Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
Shaped cylindrical, the tapering hardstone handle with spreading reeded hinged base with engraved laurel borders, the outer agate matrix engraved with a crest and motto, opening to reveal two further plain matrices of cornelian and bloodstone, fully marked
3½in. (9cm.) high
engraved Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
Shaped cylindrical, the tapering hardstone handle with spreading reeded hinged base with engraved laurel borders, the outer agate matrix engraved with a crest and motto, opening to reveal two further plain matrices of cornelian and bloodstone, fully marked
3½in. (9cm.) high
Exhibited
Hamburg, Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe, Fabergé - Juwelier des Zarenhofes, (1995), no.145.
Munich, Kunsthalle der Kulturstiftung, Fabergé Hofjuwelier der Zaren, (1986), no.181.
Munich, Kunsthalle der Kulturstiftung, Fabergé Hofjuwelier der Zaren, (1986), no.181.