Property of a Gentleman
A Fabergé varicoloured gold and guilloché enamel automatic pencil, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
Auction Closed
November 28, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
3,500 - 5,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the cylindrical body with two bands of chased and repoussé blossoms in varicoloured gold and platinum between bands of opaque black enamel, these relieving the surface enamelled in ice blue over a wavy engine-turned ground, the pencil separating at the upper band to reveal finely reeded red gold cylinder and a miniature pencil, with suspension loops, struck with workmaster's initials and 72 standard on the red gold cylinder, also struck Faberge in Latin letters, 72 standard on the suspension loops, with scratched inventory number 23748 on the upper rim
closed length 5cm; 2 in.
Paul Jacovlev, Esq., purchased from the Fabergé London branch on 19 December 1916 at the London branch for £8
Sotheby's New York, 16 April 2015, lot 24
For a cigarette case by Wigström in white guilloché enamel with similar varicolor gold and platinum decorative bands in the Thai Royal Collection, see U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al, Golden Years of Fabergé, NY, 2000, p. 94.
We are grateful to Svetlana Chestnykh for assistance in researching this lot.
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