Live Auction 2693Russian Works of Art
A JEWELED PLATINUM LORGNETTE
Lot 24 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED MIDWEST PRIVATE COLLECTION

A JEWELED PLATINUM LORGNETTE

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1912

Closed15 April 2013

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A JEWELED PLATINUM LORGNETTE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1912
Of typical form, the tapering cylindrical handle with reeded loop terminal, the upper section applied with three bands of diamonds and rubies, the lens mount applied with diamond-set anthemion leaves and scrolling foliage, marked on bridge
5½ in. (14 cm.) long

A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996.

Specialist note

For a design for a nearly identical lorgnette, see U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, illustrated pp. 24; for a group of lorgnette designs, see p. 156, pl. 45.