A Fabergé Translucent Grey-Mauve Guilloché Enameled Pearl-Set Gold and Gilt Silver-Mounted Desk Clock . Fabergé...

Description

A Fabergé Translucent Grey-Mauve Guilloché Enameled Pearl-Set Gold and Gilt Silver-Mounted Desk Clock
Fabergé, Workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 20794
3-3/8 x 2-3/8 x 1 inches (8.6 x 6.0 x 2.5 cm)
279 grams

PROVENANCE:
With Wartski, London;
Christie's Geneva, Russian Works of Art and Fabergé, November 15, 1989, lot 62;
Private Collection, California, acquired from the above;
Private Collection, US, acquired from the above.

EXHITIBED:
Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Kunstgewerbemuseum Hamburg, April 12th - June 25th, 1995, cat 121;
Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington DE, Riverfront Arts Center, September 9th, 2000 - February 18th 2001, no. 519.

LITERATURE:
Solodkoff, A. & Dale, S., Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Ed, Brauss, Heidelberg: 1995, no. 121, p. 124;
Habsburg, Geza (ed.), Fabergé Imperial Craftsman And his World, Booth-Clibborn, London: 2000, cat 519, p. 214.


This exceptional clock in a very rare enamel color is emblematic of Faberge's cool and restrained designs from the Wigström workshop. Similar and related designs may be seen in Tillander-Godenhiel, Twilight, p. 116, fig 261. Recent research indicated that the inventory number 20794 places it in a series of three related clocks.

Heritage auctions is grateful to Anna and Vincent Palmade for their assistance in the research of this lot.


Estimate: $70,000 - $90,000.

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