BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

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A JEWELED AND GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE MODEL OF A FLAMINGO
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Realistically modeled as a standing flamingo, finely carved in pink agate, with gold feet and rose-cut diamond-set eyes, marked under feet with workmaster’s initials; in a fitted Hammer Galleries wooden case
4 in. (10 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by Matilda Geddings Gray (1885-1971) from Hammer Galleries, New York, 30 April 1945.
By descent to Matilda Gray Stream (1924-2023) and descendants.

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Lot Essay

Among various types of birds produced by Fabergé, the flamingo is a rare model. A very similar pink agate flamingo by Henrik Wigström was acquired by Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) and is part of the Royal Collection Trust (see C. de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, p. 83, no. 79). One more comparable but slightly taller flamingo in agate and with gold legs by Henrik Wigström from the collection of Prince Radziwill was sold at Sotheby’s, London, 16 July 1959, lot 145.

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