Live Auction 5961Important Russian Art
A THREE-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE INKWELL
Lot 206 PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

A THREE-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE INKWELL

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1904

Closed26 November 2012

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A THREE-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE INKWELL
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1904
The flattened bulbous body applied with a green gold berried laurel tied with a rose gold ribbon between rose gold borders, the hinged domed cover with acanthus-wrapped pine cone finial and ribbon-tied laurel rim, on a stepped flaring foot, beaded borders, the square base on four reeded ball feet and applied with rectangular reserves with ribbon-tied laurel branches, marked on mounts
5½ in. (14 cm.) high

Collection of Dorothy Schiff (1903-1989), New York.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 19 April 1990, lot 227 (part).
With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
With Hemmerle, Munich.