A Rare Fabergé Jewelled Silver-GIlt Rose Ribbon Enamel Pill Box, Workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1904-1908
Session begins in
December 18, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Bid
20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
square, the surface enameled in opaque lilac, each face and angle applied with diamond-set bows intertwined with applied pink roses enamelled en plein with translucent green enamel leaves, invisible undulated hinge, silver-gilt interior, struck with Fabergé in Cyrillic, workmaster's initials, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 26205
length 1 1/8 in.
3.7 cm
Recorded in the 1919 stock ledgers of the Fabergé Moscow branch, conducted by the Bolsheviks after its closure, with a cost of 5,500 rubles;
With A La Vielle Russie, New York
Acquired from the above in 1965 by Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Crosby, Hillsborough
New York, A La Vielle Russie, Inc., Faberge, A Loan Exhibition for the benefit of The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, April 22 – May 21, 1983, no.155 p.66
Exhibition catalogue, Faberge, A Loan Exhibition for the benefit of The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, A La Vielle Russie, Inc., 1983, p.66, no.155
U. Tillander-Godenhielm et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, A La Vieille Russie, 2000, pp. 73, 160, pl. 159.