Fabergé from Castle Howard
A Fabergé jewelled gold-mounted agate model of an owl, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
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45,000 - 65,000 CHF
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Description
realistically carved in banded agate, with realistically chased pink gold feet, diamond-set eyes, struck to the base of the feet with workmaster's initials, 72 standard
height 3.3 cm; 1 ¼ in.
Acquired by George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe (1920 – 1984);
Thence by descent.
London, Tessier, Fabergé: The Castle Howard Collection, 20 November – 9 December 1995, no. 9
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Fabergé: Tsarens Guldsmed, 6 June – 19 October 1997, no. 56
London, HHA AGM, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, 1997
Wilmington, River Front Arts Centre, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, no. 852
Exhibition catalogue, ed. S. Dale, Fabergé: The Castle Howard Collection, London, 1995, p. 14, illustrated
Exhibition catalogue, ed. G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and his World, London, 2000, p. 312, illustrated
Exhibition catalogue, ed. E. Welander-Berggren, Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 116, illustrated