Lot Essay
For a similar spray of forget-me-not from the Wernher Collection at Luton Hoo see: Munich, Kuntshalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, (1986), n. 396, ill.
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BY FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896, WITH PARTIALLY ERASED SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 2299
Details
A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND NEPHRITE SPRAY OF A FORGET-ME-NOT
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, circa 1896, with partially erased scratched inventory number 2299
In a rock-crystal vase with a silver-gilt stem from which emanate two nephrite carved leaves and blossoms set with turquoise and rose-cut diamonds, marked on stem, in a fitted case stamped 'Wartski, London'
3 9/16in. (9.1cm.) high
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, circa 1896, with partially erased scratched inventory number 2299
In a rock-crystal vase with a silver-gilt stem from which emanate two nephrite carved leaves and blossoms set with turquoise and rose-cut diamonds, marked on stem, in a fitted case stamped 'Wartski, London'
3 9/16in. (9.1cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet London, 24 February 1969, lot 146
John R. Cowdy, Belfast Sotheby's London, 20 February 1985, lot 573, bought by A La Vieille Russie and Wartski as agents
John R. Cowdy, Belfast Sotheby's London, 20 February 1985, lot 573, bought by A La Vieille Russie and Wartski as agents
Literature
Forbes, C. "Letter on Collecting Fabergé", Burlington Magazine, London, 1987, no. 2, p. 13, ill. p. 12 Booth, J. The Art of Fabergé, New Jersey, 1990, p. 120, ill. Kelly, M. Imperial Surprises: A Pop-up Book of Fabergé Masterpieces, New York, 1994, ill. Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 91, ill. p. 90
Exhibited
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from the Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 64, p. 76, ill.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 64, p. 72, ill.
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987, no cat.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 64, p. 72, ill.
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987, no cat.
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