Live Auction 7968Russian Art
A SILVER-MOUNTED, BOWENITE AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BAROMETER
Lot 105 PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

A SILVER-MOUNTED, BOWENITE AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BAROMETER

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

Closed6 June 2011

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GBP 121,250

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A SILVER-MOUNTED, BOWENITE AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BAROMETER
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1904
Circular, the silvered dial with Roman chapters and cabochon garnet centre, leaf-tip bezel, the body and reverse enamelled in green over striped and radiating wavy guilloché grounds, supported by two cast and chased entwined dolphins, on domed bowenite base applied with laurel swags within ribbon-tied laurel and leaf-tip borders, marked on dolphin's tail and base
5½ in. (14 cm.) high

The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 16 October 1986, lot 177.
With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
With Jeweller Hemmerle, Munich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

A very similar guilloché enamelled barometer on a bowenite base with silver mounts formed as two dolphins was sold Sotheby's, London, 01 December 2004, lot 370.