Live Auction 17188Important Russian Art
A LARGE GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY AND LAPIS LAZULI PAPER KNIFE
Lot 204

A LARGE GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY AND LAPIS LAZULI PAPER KNIFE

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 13892

Closed25 November 2019

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A LARGE GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY AND LAPIS LAZULI PAPER KNIFE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 13892
The lapis handle of slightly curved form, carved with stylised foliage, with a hole on each side, the ivory blade in a fluted gold mount, marked on mount
14 ¾ in. (37.2 cm.) long

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), purchased from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 30 December 1906 for 70 roubles.
Maximilian Othmar Neuscheller (1862-1919).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 26 April 1978, lot 363.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 12 November 1985, lot 357.

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