Lot Essay
Alphonse Bertillon is the inventor of the anthropometry which was implemented by the French police services and later used worldwide at the beginning of the XXth Century.
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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 10475
Details
A silver-gilt and two-colour gold-mounted seed-pearl and guilloché enamel clock
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 10475
Square balancing on the angle, chased and engraved foliate and rosette rim and applied ribbon-bow and tied laurel swags to the translucent white enamel over sunburst ground, seed-pearl bezel, the white enamel dial with black arabic chapter and pierced gold hands, ivory back and scroll strut, marked on rim, strut and casing, in original fitted wood case, the interior cover stamped in Russian 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow, Odessa' with the Imperial warrant
6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm.) high
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 10475
Square balancing on the angle, chased and engraved foliate and rosette rim and applied ribbon-bow and tied laurel swags to the translucent white enamel over sunburst ground, seed-pearl bezel, the white enamel dial with black arabic chapter and pierced gold hands, ivory back and scroll strut, marked on rim, strut and casing, in original fitted wood case, the interior cover stamped in Russian 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow, Odessa' with the Imperial warrant
6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Presented on behalf of the Emperor Nicholas II to Alphonse Bertillon on August 4th, 1908.
Thence by direct decent to the present owner.
Thence by direct decent to the present owner.
Literature
Suzanne Bertillon, Vie d'Alphonse Bertillon, (Paris, 1941), p. 184.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.