Lot Essay
A similar, slightly larger bust of the Emperor Alexander III is in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Details
A smoky-quartz carved Bust of Tsar Alexander III on a gem-set enamel and nephrite Pedestal
by Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
The bust realistically carved, the tsar wearing the order of St. George, on a spreading circular mount with alternating opaque white and gold flutes within rose-diamond set borders, the cylindrical pedastal applied with the crowned cypher of the Emperor set with rose-cut diamonds the base with a rose-cut diamond-tied reeded white and gold band above a spreading foot, marked on lower mount, in the original velvet and silk lined wooden case, the cover stamped in Russian 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow, London' with Imperial warrant
3¾in. (10cm.) high
by Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
The bust realistically carved, the tsar wearing the order of St. George, on a spreading circular mount with alternating opaque white and gold flutes within rose-diamond set borders, the cylindrical pedastal applied with the crowned cypher of the Emperor set with rose-cut diamonds the base with a rose-cut diamond-tied reeded white and gold band above a spreading foot, marked on lower mount, in the original velvet and silk lined wooden case, the cover stamped in Russian 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow, London' with Imperial warrant
3¾in. (10cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's Geneva, An highly important Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé, from the Collection of the late Sir Charles Clore, 13 November 1985, lot 61.
Exhibited
Hamburg, Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe, Fabergé - Juwelier des Zarenhofes, (1995), no.194.