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MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
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A PARCEL-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL DESK CLOCK
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Square, enamelled in opalescent white over a wavy sunburst guilloché ground, centring a white enamel dial within a silver-gilt bezel, black Arabic chapters and pierced gold hands, all within reeded border, the composite back with silver-gilt scroll strut, the silver back-plate with hand-set, marked on lower edge, back and strut; in a fitted red leather Wartski case
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Square, enamelled in opalescent white over a wavy sunburst guilloché ground, centring a white enamel dial within a silver-gilt bezel, black Arabic chapters and pierced gold hands, all within reeded border, the composite back with silver-gilt scroll strut, the silver back-plate with hand-set, marked on lower edge, back and strut; in a fitted red leather Wartski case
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
Provenance
A European Ducal family.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 14 May 1987, lot 452.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 May 2012, lot 206.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 14 May 1987, lot 452.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 May 2012, lot 206.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, London, 1988, illustrated p. 99.
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Hamburg, 1995, illustrated p. 116, no. 100.
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, London, 2000, illustrated p. 213, no. 516.
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Hamburg, 1995, illustrated p. 116, no. 100.
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, London, 2000, illustrated p. 213, no. 516.
Exhibited
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Fabergé - Juwelier des Zarenhofes, 12 April-25 June 1995, no. 100.
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