BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Details

A JEWELLED AND ENAMEL GOLD-MOUNTED CHALCEDONY MINIATURE PENDANT
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
In the form of a pig, with cabochon ruby-set eyes and a white enamel band within gold borders, marked on loops with workmaster's initials

Conditions of sale

Brought to you by

Margo Oganesian Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art

moganesian@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2783

Lot Essay

The original design for a comparable model of a pig pendant is featured in a surviving album of Henrik Wigström’s drawings, numbered '12921' (U. Tillander-Godenhielm et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, p. 86, pl. 191).

More from Russian Art

View All