Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
Property from a Private European Collection (45-46, 52 and 67)
A Fabergé jewelled and enamelled gold-mounted rhodonite bowl, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
Lot Closed
June 9, 01:52 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private European Collection (45-46, 52 and 67)
A Fabergé jewelled and enamelled gold-mounted rhodonite bowl, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
The oval bowl carved of rhodonite, the rim mount with opaque white enamel reeds set with oval-cut demantoid garnets, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé, 72 standard, scratched inventory number 23358
width 9cm, 3 1/2 in.
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960)
Sotheby's Geneva, 19-20 May 1997, lot 361
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Sotheby's Geneva, 19-20 May 1997, lot 361
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergé and his Masters and Artisans, Unicorn, London, 2018, p. 199, illustrated
For a similar design, please see U. Tillander-Godenhielm et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Graulhet, 2000, p. 116