A FABERGÉ THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE TABLE LIGHTER, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1917
Estimate:
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Property from a Private Collection, Paris
A FABERGÉ THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE TABLE LIGHTER, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1917
A FABERGÉ THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE TABLE LIGHTER, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1917
Estimate:
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot sold:
9,375
GBP
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Paris
A FABERGÉ THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE TABLE LIGHTER, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1917
the nephrite body of tapering form, the rim and base hung with swags, struck on the inside of the rim and inside the top lid with the workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 56 standard, scratched inventory number (1)3273
height 9.7cm, 3¾in.
Condition report
Overall in excellent condition.
With some minor surface wear, consistent with age.
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Provenance
Christie's Geneva, 12 May 1981, lot 105