Lot Essay
For a drawing of this snuff-box see Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm, P.L. Schaffer, A.M. Illich and M.A. Schaffer, Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings from the Wigström Workshop, (New York, 2000) p. 98
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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Details
A GOLD ENAMEL AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
Of rectangular form, the hinged cover and base set with a rhodonite panel within green enamel acanthus leaf rims, the gold sides with white opaque enamel stripes enclosing two green enamel rosettes on gold sablé ground, with rose-cut diamond thumbpiece, fully marked
2¾in. (6.7cm.) long
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
Of rectangular form, the hinged cover and base set with a rhodonite panel within green enamel acanthus leaf rims, the gold sides with white opaque enamel stripes enclosing two green enamel rosettes on gold sablé ground, with rose-cut diamond thumbpiece, fully marked
2¾in. (6.7cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's Geneva, 13 November 1986, lot 492, bought by A La Vieille Russie as agent
Literature
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 124, ill. p. 125 Tillander-Godenhielm, U., Schaffer, P., Ilich, A., & Schaffer, M. Golden Years of Fabergé, Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, New York, 2000, p. 171, ill. p. 99
Exhibited
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 107, ill. p. 102
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 107, ill. p. 98
New York, A La Vieille Russie, Golden Years of Fabergé: Objects and Drawings from the Wigström Workshop, 2000, no. 3
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 107, ill. p. 98
New York, A La Vieille Russie, Golden Years of Fabergé: Objects and Drawings from the Wigström Workshop, 2000, no. 3
Special notice
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