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MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER BONBONNIÈRE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Of compressed circular form, the hinged cover and body enamelled in translucent light blue over a starburst wavy guilloché ground, with green gold guilloché pattern bands, marked inside cover, base and on rim, also with later Soviet marks
1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) diameter
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Of compressed circular form, the hinged cover and body enamelled in translucent light blue over a starburst wavy guilloché ground, with green gold guilloché pattern bands, marked inside cover, base and on rim, also with later Soviet marks
1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Acquired by the mother of the present owner in Moscow in the 1950s.
Special notice
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