ID 1450966
Lot 17 | A JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER-GILT DESK CLOCK
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 23245
Rectangular, the central panel enamelled in translucent scarlet red over a wavy guilloché ground, centring a white enamel dial with Arabic chapters within a seed-pearl bezel, the outer panel enamelled in translucent apple green over a moiré guilloché ground, all within a silver-gilt laurel-chased rim with rosettes at corners, the ribbon crest at the top suspending ribbon-tied laurel swags, the ivorine back with a silver scroll strut, the back-plate with hand-set, marked on rim, back and strut with ‘Fabergé’ in Cyrillic and workmaster’s initials
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Property of a Scandinavian Collector.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 8 June 2011, lot 507.
| Artist: | Carl Faberge (1846 - 1920) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Silver, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Clocks - Furnishings |
| Artist: | Carl Faberge (1846 - 1920) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Silver, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Clocks - Furnishings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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