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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1910-1911, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17677
Details
AN IMPERIAL JEWELED AND ENAMEL GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE STUDY OF A BEARBERRY
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1910-1911, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17677
In a tapering rock crystal vase with everted rim, the textured gold stem with finely carved nephrite leaves, terminating in six opalescent white and red enamel flowers set with rose-cut diamonds, marked on the gold stem with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic, workmaster's initials and 'LFB' mark for Fabergé's London Branch
4 3⁄8 in. (11.1 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1910-1911, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17677
In a tapering rock crystal vase with everted rim, the textured gold stem with finely carved nephrite leaves, terminating in six opalescent white and red enamel flowers set with rose-cut diamonds, marked on the gold stem with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic, workmaster's initials and 'LFB' mark for Fabergé's London Branch
4 3⁄8 in. (11.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920), purchased from the St. Petersburg branch of Fabergé on April 30, 1913 for 250 roubles.
The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, New York, circa 1950.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 6-8 December 1993, lot 610.
The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, New York, circa 1950.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 6-8 December 1993, lot 610.
Literature
A.K. Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, London, 1953, p. 140, pl. XX (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1961, p. 35, no. 68 (illustrated).
Marilyn Pfeifer Swezey, Fabergé Flowers, New York, 2004, pp. 120-121 (illustrated).
I. Collins, Fabergé: from St Petersburg to Sandringham, Norwich, 2017, p. 14 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1961, p. 35, no. 68 (illustrated).
Marilyn Pfeifer Swezey, Fabergé Flowers, New York, 2004, pp. 120-121 (illustrated).
I. Collins, Fabergé: from St Petersburg to Sandringham, Norwich, 2017, p. 14 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, October 25 - November 7, 1961, no. 68.
Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Fabergé: from St Petersburg to Sandringham, 14 October 2017 – 11 February 2018.
Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Fabergé: from St Petersburg to Sandringham, 14 October 2017 – 11 February 2018.
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