Lot Essay
A very similar model of a duckling was sold at Christie's, Geneva, 11 May 1982, lot 320.
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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Details
A LARGE JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED YELLOW CHALCEDONY MODEL OF A DUCKLING
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Realistically carved as a standing duckling, with head turned to one side, the eyes set with olivines, with finely chased gold feet, marked under feet with workmaster's initials
2 1⁄2 in. (6.5 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Realistically carved as a standing duckling, with head turned to one side, the eyes set with olivines, with finely chased gold feet, marked under feet with workmaster's initials
2 1⁄2 in. (6.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Wartski, London, in May 1995.
Literature
K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, London, 1979, p. 69 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 113, no. 50 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 312, no. 857 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 88, no. 72 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 113, no. 50 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 312, no. 857 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 88, no. 72 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 6 - 19 October 1997, no. 50.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 857.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 72.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 857.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 72.
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Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art