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MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21083
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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL DESK CLOCK
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21083
Circular, enamelled in opalescent pink over a reeded guilloché ground, painted en grisaille with entwined floral garlands, with circular white champlevé enamel bezel applied with gold acanthus leaves, all within a two-colour gold acanthus-chased border, the white enamel dial with black Arabic chapter and pierced hands, the ivorine back with silver scroll strut, the back-plate with hand-set, marked on upper rim, back and strut; in a fitted Wartski case
4 3/8 in. (11.7 cm.) diameter
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21083
Circular, enamelled in opalescent pink over a reeded guilloché ground, painted en grisaille with entwined floral garlands, with circular white champlevé enamel bezel applied with gold acanthus leaves, all within a two-colour gold acanthus-chased border, the white enamel dial with black Arabic chapter and pierced hands, the ivorine back with silver scroll strut, the back-plate with hand-set, marked on upper rim, back and strut; in a fitted Wartski case
4 3/8 in. (11.7 cm.) diameter
Literature
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes: [eine Ausstellung des Museums fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg], Heidelberg, 1995, no. 79 (illustrated).
G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 213, no. 515 (illustrated).
G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 213, no. 515 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Museums fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, 12 April-25 June 1995, no. 79 (illustrated).
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, 2000, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 9 September 2000 - 18 February 2001, no. 515 (illustrated).
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, 2000, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 9 September 2000 - 18 February 2001, no. 515 (illustrated).
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