A JEWELLED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-MOUNTED DESK CLOCK
Lot 137

A JEWELLED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-MOUNTED DESK CLOCK

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18793

Closed23 November 2020

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GBP 118,750

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A JEWELLED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-MOUNTED DESK CLOCK
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18793
Rectangular, enamelled in translucent raspberry over a moiré guilloché ground, further engraved with floral garlands suspended from ribbons in the upper and lower sections, with a circular seed-pearl bezel, all within an acanthus-chased border, the white enamel dial with black Arabic chapter and pierced hands, the ivorine back with a silver scroll strut, the back-plate with hand-set, marked throughout; in the original Fabergé wooden case
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), purchased from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 4 February 1910 for 300 roubles.

Specialist note

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