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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
AN ENAMEL GOLD-MOUNTED MOSS AGATE AND NEPHRITE BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 25479
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AN ENAMEL GOLD-MOUNTED MOSS AGATE AND NEPHRITE BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 25479
Of oval form, the hinged cover set with moss agate within a gold frame, the gold mount with a laurel-chased band within two white enamel rims, with a rose-cut diamond-set thumb-piece, marked on mounts; in a fitted Wartski case
3 ¼ in. (8.2 cm.) wide
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 25479
Of oval form, the hinged cover set with moss agate within a gold frame, the gold mount with a laurel-chased band within two white enamel rims, with a rose-cut diamond-set thumb-piece, marked on mounts; in a fitted Wartski case
3 ¼ in. (8.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
His Grace the Duke of Gloucester.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 9 November 1977, lot 248.
With Wartski, London, 2014.
Property from a distinguished private collection; Bonhams, London, 4 June 2014, lot 84.
With Wartski, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 9 November 1977, lot 248.
With Wartski, London, 2014.
Property from a distinguished private collection; Bonhams, London, 4 June 2014, lot 84.
With Wartski, London.
Literature
K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, London, 1979, p.31.
Exhibition Catalogue, The Palace Museum, Beijing, 2018, p. 636, no. 255.
Exhibition Catalogue, The Palace Museum, Beijing, 2018, p. 636, no. 255.
Exhibited
London, Somerset House, The Somerset House Art Treasures Exhibition, 1979, no. J.28 (label on the base).
Beijing, The Palace Museum, 17 April - 17 June 2018, no. 255.
Beijing, The Palace Museum, 17 April - 17 June 2018, no. 255.
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