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BY FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3139
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A RARE JEWELLED TWO-COLOR GOLD, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL EGG BONBONNIÈRE
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 3139
The body enamelled in pale blue over moiré guilloché ground with painted sepia of ribbon-tied foliage and applied with a stylized two-color gold laurel-leaf rim, set at each end with a cabochon ruby and forming stylized alternated cartouches enclosing either open-work trellis with rosettes on sky blue guilloché enamel or a gold-mounted rosette set with a ruby cabochon, the hinged cover with a sea blue guilloché enamel band, enclosing a gold-mounted rose-cut diamond thumbpiece with gold leaves on each side and surmounted by a tied ribbon, marked
1 5/8in. (4cm.) high
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 3139
The body enamelled in pale blue over moiré guilloché ground with painted sepia of ribbon-tied foliage and applied with a stylized two-color gold laurel-leaf rim, set at each end with a cabochon ruby and forming stylized alternated cartouches enclosing either open-work trellis with rosettes on sky blue guilloché enamel or a gold-mounted rosette set with a ruby cabochon, the hinged cover with a sea blue guilloché enamel band, enclosing a gold-mounted rose-cut diamond thumbpiece with gold leaves on each side and surmounted by a tied ribbon, marked
1 5/8in. (4cm.) high
Provenance
L. Desoutter, London Mrs. L. Turnbull, England Christie's London, 8 December 1965, lot 7, bought by A La Vieille Russie as agent
Literature
Christie's Review of the Year, 1965/66, p. 154, ill. FORBES, February 2, 1969, p. 46, ill. Waterfield, H. & Forbes, C. Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, no. 13, pp. 36, 130, 133, 135, ill. p. 36 Forbes, C. Fabergé Eggs, Imperial Russian Fantasies, New York, 1980, pp. 18, 33, ill. p. 19 Coburn, R.S, Celebrating the Elegant Art of the Master of Eggmanship, 1983, Smithsonian, vol. 14, pt. 1, ill. p. 49 von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 186, ill. Kelly, M. Highlights from The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, 1985, p. 16, ill. pp. 12, 16 von Wutternberg, A. Fabergé Fantasies, vol. 57, no. 10, May 15 1987, p. 1403, ill. p. 1402 Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 75, ill. p. 74
Exhibited
New York, The New York Cultural Center, Fabergé from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1973, no. 10, p. 44, ill. p. 45 Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, The Imperial Easter Eggs from the House of Fabergé, 1979 New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé, 1983, no. 549, p. 140, ill, p. 139 New York, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Fabergé, 1983, no. 549 ill.
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 183
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 73
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1984, no. 145
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 122, ill. p. 118
Paris, Museé Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 122, ill. p. 114
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987
Boston, The Museum of Science, Gems, 1991
New York/San Francisco/Richmond/New Orleans/Cleveland, Metropolitan Museum of Art, H.M. De Young Memorial Museum, Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans Musum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fabergé in America, 1996/97, no. 258, p. 253, ill.
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 183
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 73
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1984, no. 145
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 122, ill. p. 118
Paris, Museé Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 122, ill. p. 114
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987
Boston, The Museum of Science, Gems, 1991
New York/San Francisco/Richmond/New Orleans/Cleveland, Metropolitan Museum of Art, H.M. De Young Memorial Museum, Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans Musum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fabergé in America, 1996/97, no. 258, p. 253, ill.
Special notice
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