Live Auction 2693Russian Works of Art
A TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL INKWELL
Lot 30 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED MIDWEST PRIVATE COLLECTION

A TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL INKWELL

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

Closed15 April 2013

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A TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL INKWELL
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Octagonal and baluster-form, the reeded spreading gold base on four bun feet, applied with ribbon-tied laurel swags within beaded and gadrooned borders, surmounted by an octagonal reeded mount centering a circular inkwell, the detachable domed cover surmounted by a two-color gold ribbon-tied laurel wreath finial, marked throughout
4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm.) high

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, June 28 & 29, 1979, lot 403.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, December 5, 1997, lot 334.

Specialist note

For the original design for this inkwell, see U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, p. [142], pl. 379.