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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
Details
A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER OF PEARL AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL FAN
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
The front guard enamelled in translucent salmon pink over a wavy guilloché ground, applied with an entwined green gold laurel-chased garland set with diamonds, within gold rim, the silk-mounted gaze-leaf inset with a painted silk panel depicting a scène gallante illegibly signed possibly 'A.E. Begnée', flanked by two small landscapes on each side, embellished all around with gold and silver sequins together with foliate and geometric paillettes, with pierced mother of pearl sticks and back guard, with a gold swing handle set with diamonds at each end, marked on rim and ring with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) long, guard
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
The front guard enamelled in translucent salmon pink over a wavy guilloché ground, applied with an entwined green gold laurel-chased garland set with diamonds, within gold rim, the silk-mounted gaze-leaf inset with a painted silk panel depicting a scène gallante illegibly signed possibly 'A.E. Begnée', flanked by two small landscapes on each side, embellished all around with gold and silver sequins together with foliate and geometric paillettes, with pierced mother of pearl sticks and back guard, with a gold swing handle set with diamonds at each end, marked on rim and ring with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) long, guard
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1938, lot 29.
With Berry-Hill Galleries, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 11 November 1975, lot 233.
The Forbes Collection.
Important Works of Art by Carl Fabergé from the Forbes Collection; Christie's, New York, 19 April 2002, lot 143.
With Berry-Hill Galleries, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 11 November 1975, lot 233.
The Forbes Collection.
Important Works of Art by Carl Fabergé from the Forbes Collection; Christie's, New York, 19 April 2002, lot 143.
Literature
H. Waterfield, C. Forbes, Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, p. 79, no. 93 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, pp. 31, 169 (illustrated).
G. Hill, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, pl. 256 (illustrated).
C. Forbes, R. Tromeur-Brenner, Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, pp. 154-155 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, pp. 31, 169 (illustrated).
G. Hill, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, pl. 256 (illustrated).
C. Forbes, R. Tromeur-Brenner, Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, pp. 154-155 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 81.
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983-1984, no. 28.
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983-1984, no. 28.
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Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art