Lot Essay
A similar bonbonnière with scratched inventory number 3139 was sold from the Forbes collection Christie's New York, 19 April 2002, lot 123.
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MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3140
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A RUSSIAN JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3140
Ovoid, the body enamelled in translucent white enamel over a wavy ground, applied with ribbon-tied ruby-set two-colour gold foliate swags, the hinged cover and detachable base with pale blue champlevé enamel decoration in punch-beaded borders, the cover with a further wreath of enamelled leaves and berries, around the central rosette, with a diamond thumbpiece, marked inside base and inside cover, on a later scroll stand
the egg 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3140
Ovoid, the body enamelled in translucent white enamel over a wavy ground, applied with ribbon-tied ruby-set two-colour gold foliate swags, the hinged cover and detachable base with pale blue champlevé enamel decoration in punch-beaded borders, the cover with a further wreath of enamelled leaves and berries, around the central rosette, with a diamond thumbpiece, marked inside base and inside cover, on a later scroll stand
the egg 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high
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