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A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE BONBONNIÈRE
Lot 4 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, HOUSTON, TEXAS

A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE BONBONNIÈRE

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16500

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A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE BONBONNIÈRE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16500
Circular, the carved mottled agate body applied with a trellis of rose-cut diamond ribbons and bows, the gold-mounted hinged cover centering a moss agate panel, the inside border of the cover engraved with band of laurel leaves, marked inside, also with French import marks
2 in. (5.1 cm.) diameter

Property of Mr. M.T. Heller II, Arizona; Sotheby's, New York, February 29-March 1, 1980, lot 434.
Property of a Western Pennsylvania Museum; Christie's, New York, October 15-16, 1985, lot 543.