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A Jewelled and Gold-Mounted Composite Hardstone Model of a Turkey
Lot 177

A Jewelled and Gold-Mounted Composite Hardstone Model of a Turkey

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

Closed8 June 2010

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GBP 193,250

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A Jewelled and Gold-Mounted Composite Hardstone Model of a Turkey
By Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
Realistically carved, the body made of obsidian, with quartzite face, purpurine comb and wattles, diamond eyes and chased gold feet, marked under feet
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high

Purchased Bernhard Magaliff Antikviteter, Stockholm, 1960s.

Specialist note

Another model of a turkey by Henrik Wigström, part of the Sandringham commission and purchased from Fabergé's London branch by the Prince of Wales in 1909, is preserved in the Royal Collection (RCIN 404446). See C. de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, No. 25, p. 59, illustrated.