MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 11755
Details
A JEWELLED GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CANE HANDLE
marked Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 11755
Tapering cylindrical, with five rose-diamond set ovals of translucent pinkish-orange enamel within opaque white borders, enclosed by red and green enamelled ribbon-tied laurel sprays on chased ground, with ribbed lower border, the slightly domed similarly decorated with rose-diamond finial, marked on lower border
2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) long excluding screw
marked Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 11755
Tapering cylindrical, with five rose-diamond set ovals of translucent pinkish-orange enamel within opaque white borders, enclosed by red and green enamelled ribbon-tied laurel sprays on chased ground, with ribbed lower border, the slightly domed similarly decorated with rose-diamond finial, marked on lower border
2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) long excluding screw
Provenance
An highly important Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé from the Collection of the late Sir Charles Clore, Christie's Geneva, 13 November 1985, lot 34.
Literature
Catherine Dike and Guy Bezzaz, La Canne Objet d'Art, (Paris, 1988), illustrated pl.45.
M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.129.
M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.129.