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A Two-Colour Gold-Mounted Nephrite Table Clock
Lot 137 THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN ROYAL FAMILY

A Two-Colour Gold-Mounted Nephrite Table Clock

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 14307

Closed8 June 2010

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A Two-Colour Gold-Mounted Nephrite Table Clock
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1904-1908, scratched inventory number 14307
3he square hardstone body centring a circular white enamel dial with Arabic chapters and gold hands within a seed-pearl bezel beneath a two-colour gold ribbon-tied suspended garland, the reverse with scroll strut, marked on case and strut
4 in. (10.3 cm.) high

Captain Laycock, purchased 27 December 1907.

Specialist note

The ledgers of Fabergé's London branch record that this clock was sold to a Captain Laycock on December 27, 1907 for £43 10s, at a cost to the company of 242 rubles.

We are grateful for the above research provided by Valentin Skurlov.

A related design is illustrated in U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al, Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, p. 163, pl. 311.