Live Auction 15500Important Russian Art
A SILVER-MOUNTED JASPER ASHTRAY
Lot 211

A SILVER-MOUNTED JASPER ASHTRAY

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 11667

Closed26 November 2018

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A SILVER-MOUNTED JASPER ASHTRAY
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 11667
Of circular shape, the jasper body mounted with silver mounts, the rim and scroll handles cast and chased with rocailles, marked on mount and handles
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) wide

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), purchased from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 31 December 1906 for 150 roubles.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 November 2011, lot 577.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.