Lot Essay
For a similar carving of a marabou stork see Christie's London, The Robert Strauss Collection, 9 March 1976, lot 48
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A GOLD-MOUNTED GEMSET AGATE MODEL OF A MARABOU STORK
marked with the initials of Karl Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
Realistically carved on naturalistic chased and engraved gold legs, the stature remeniscent of an elderly gentleman and back of the bird with two buttons carved above the divide of the tail like a coat, with collet set diamond eyes,--11 cm high
marked with the initials of Karl Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
Realistically carved on naturalistic chased and engraved gold legs, the stature remeniscent of an elderly gentleman and back of the bird with two buttons carved above the divide of the tail like a coat, with collet set diamond eyes,--11 cm high