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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908
Details
A JEWELLED GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL FAN
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908
The front guard with gold rim enclosing a translucent salmon pink guilloché enamel plaque applied with an entwined gold laurel-leaf wreath set with diamonds, the silk-mounted gaze-leaf inset with a painted silk panel depicting a scène gallante signed A.E. Begneé with a small landscape on each side, embellished all around with gold and silver sequins together with foliate and geometric paillettes, marked on rim and ring
8½in. (22cm.) long (guard)
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908
The front guard with gold rim enclosing a translucent salmon pink guilloché enamel plaque applied with an entwined gold laurel-leaf wreath set with diamonds, the silk-mounted gaze-leaf inset with a painted silk panel depicting a scène gallante signed A.E. Begneé with a small landscape on each side, embellished all around with gold and silver sequins together with foliate and geometric paillettes, marked on rim and ring
8½in. (22cm.) long (guard)
Provenance
Christie's London, 21 November 1938, lot 29
Berry-Hill Galleries, London
Christie's Geneva, 11 November 1975, lot 233, bought by A La Vieille Russie as agent
Berry-Hill Galleries, London
Christie's Geneva, 11 November 1975, lot 233, bought by A La Vieille Russie as agent
Literature
FORBES, October 1st 1976, p. 112, ill.
Waterfield, H. & Forbes, C. Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, no. 93, pp. 79, 130, 135, ill. p. 79
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 169, ill.
Hill, G. Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, p. 294, ill. pl. no. 256
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 154, ill. p. 155
Waterfield, H. & Forbes, C. Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, no. 93, pp. 79, 130, 135, ill. p. 79
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 169, ill.
Hill, G. Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, p. 294, ill. pl. no. 256
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 154, ill. p. 155
Exhibited
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 81
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 28
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 28
Special notice
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