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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1915
Details
A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT SILVER-MOUNTED NEPHRITE GUERIDON TABLE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1915
The circular nephrite top with a raised rim, above a pierced lattice silver mount set with three vacant berried-laurel wreath medallions issuing fruit-filled cornucopia, on three finely chased silver winged female caryatids in Empire style, and tapering cylindrical nephrite legs joined by a circular silver-mounted nephrite undertier, on paw feet, marked throughout with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
37 ¼ in. (94.5 cm.) high; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) diameter
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1915
The circular nephrite top with a raised rim, above a pierced lattice silver mount set with three vacant berried-laurel wreath medallions issuing fruit-filled cornucopia, on three finely chased silver winged female caryatids in Empire style, and tapering cylindrical nephrite legs joined by a circular silver-mounted nephrite undertier, on paw feet, marked throughout with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
37 ¼ in. (94.5 cm.) high; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Commissioned by Emanuel Nobel (1859-1932) in 1915.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 27 April 1977, lot 480.
With Wartski, London.
With J. B. Hawkins Antiques, Australia.
With Koopman Rare Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2001, lot 139.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 27 April 1977, lot 480.
With Wartski, London.
With J. B. Hawkins Antiques, Australia.
With Koopman Rare Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2001, lot 139.
Literature
G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Court Jeweler to the Tsars, New York, 1979, pl. 96 (illustrated).
A. K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, London, 1979, p. 22 (illustrated).
T. Fabergé, V. Skurlov, The History of the House of Fabergé according to the recollections of the senior master craftsman of the firm Franz Birbaum, St Petersburg, 1992, p. 32.
U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergé His Masters and Artisans, Helsinki, 2018, p. 208 (illustrated).
A. K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, London, 1979, p. 22 (illustrated).
T. Fabergé, V. Skurlov, The History of the House of Fabergé according to the recollections of the senior master craftsman of the firm Franz Birbaum, St Petersburg, 1992, p. 32.
U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergé His Masters and Artisans, Helsinki, 2018, p. 208 (illustrated).
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Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art