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BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
Details
A LARGE TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL NEPHRITE CANE HANDLE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
The tau-form nephrite handle mounted with a collar, enamelled in translucent salmon pink over zigzag guilloché ground, within two-colour gold ribbon-tied laurel borders, together with wood shaft, mounted with a parcel-gilt silver collar, decorated with a monogram of Emperor Wilhelm II beneath an Imperial crown, a Prussian eagle with orb and sceptre, and dedication inscription, marked on lower border
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
The tau-form nephrite handle mounted with a collar, enamelled in translucent salmon pink over zigzag guilloché ground, within two-colour gold ribbon-tied laurel borders, together with wood shaft, mounted with a parcel-gilt silver collar, decorated with a monogram of Emperor Wilhelm II beneath an Imperial crown, a Prussian eagle with orb and sceptre, and dedication inscription, marked on lower border
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide
Provenance
Presented by Emperor Wilhelm II (1859-1941) to King Ferdinand I (1861-1948).
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé, Kunsthalle of the Hypo Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1986, illustrated p. 156.
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, no. 169.
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