Lot Essay
For a large silver-gilt guilloché enamel nephrite inkwell with similar oval cartouches enclosing a similar Imperial Russian crown, see Christie's Geneva, 12 May 1981, lot 45
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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18658
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A SILVER-GILT GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL NEPHRITE TRAY
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 18658
Of rectangular form with stylized rounded corners, the nephrite plaque set with a ribbon-tied reeded border and with a ribbon-tied laurel-leaf rim surmounted by two oval cartouches enclosing a vari-colored enamel Imperial crown emanating from a red guilloché enamel sunburst ground and with the date 1613 and 1913 within a ribbon-tied reeded rim embellished with palm leaves and wreaths surmounted by a ribbon, on four compressed ball feet, marked on the reverse
11 5/8in. (30cm.) long
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 18658
Of rectangular form with stylized rounded corners, the nephrite plaque set with a ribbon-tied reeded border and with a ribbon-tied laurel-leaf rim surmounted by two oval cartouches enclosing a vari-colored enamel Imperial crown emanating from a red guilloché enamel sunburst ground and with the date 1613 and 1913 within a ribbon-tied reeded rim embellished with palm leaves and wreaths surmounted by a ribbon, on four compressed ball feet, marked on the reverse
11 5/8in. (30cm.) long