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Lot 601
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A Fabergé jewelled and enamelled gold and hardstone seal, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, circa 1910

Estimate
22,000 - 28,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gold, enamel, diamond, nephrite
  • height: 3.6cm, 1 3/8 in.
the flat oval handle inset at both sides with a moss agate panel over sunburst engine-turning within a rose-cut diamond-set border, the mount enamelled in opaque white, the collar with swirled fluting within further diamonds, blank nephrite matrix, struck with workmaster's initials, 72 standard, scratched inventory number 25396

Provenance

Christie's Geneva, 11 May 1982, lot 327

Christie's Geneva, 11 May 1992, lot 213

Christie's New York, 16 April 1999, lot 112

Sotheby's London, 1 December 2005, lot 346

Literature

Fabergé Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Museums fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1995, no. 148

Condition

Excellent condition and beautifully made. There is one tiny abrasion or firing flaw to the surface of the enamel, measuring approx. 1mm.
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