Live Auction 2693Russian Works of Art
A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
Lot 10 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED MIDWEST PRIVATE COLLECTION

A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME

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

Closed15 April 2013

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A JEWELED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1904
Rectangular, the nephrite body centering an oval aperture within a rose-cut diamond border, enclosing a later photograph of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1899-1918), suspended from a gold-mounted diamond and ruby-set tied ribbon, the mammoth ivory backing with scroll strut, marked on strut
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high

The John Sheldon Collection, Sotheby's, London, October 24, 28 & 29, 1985, lot 182.
Tessier, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996.