Live Auction 6277Harewood: Collecting in The Royal Tradition
A GOLD-MOUNTED RHODONITE AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL DISH
Lot 608

A GOLD-MOUNTED RHODONITE AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL DISH

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 24216

Closed5 December 2012

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GBP 30,000

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A GOLD-MOUNTED RHODONITE AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL DISH
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 24216
Rectangular, the green gold borders chased with laurel, the corners enamelled in translucent green guilloché over hatched ground, marked on rim
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) wide

Probably H.M. Queen Mary (1867-1953) and by gift or descent to her daughter
H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

Specialist note

Henrik Wigström's design book includes a drawing for a similar dish made of bowenite, dated 2 November 1912. See U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, p. 129, pl. 261.