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ATTRIBUTED TO THE WÄKEVÄ WORKSHOPS
Lot 134

ATTRIBUTED TO THE WÄKEVÄ WORKSHOPS

An unusual 'Eiffel Tower' standard lamp, first quarter of twentieth century

Closed17 October 2018

Price Realised

GBP 3,750

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ATTRIBUTED TO THE WÄKEVÄ WORKSHOPS
An unusual 'Eiffel Tower' standard lamp, first quarter of twentieth century
riveted patinated copper
59 5/8 in. high (151.5 cm.)

Wäkevä family, Finland;
Thence by descent;
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

Of Finnish origin, Stephen Wäkevä (1833-1910) was a Russian silversmith for Fabergé. Upon his death in 1910 his two sons Alexander and Konstantin, themselves also silversmiths for Fabergé, assumed control of their father’s workshop.