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Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel Circular Desk Clock by Fabergé
from Fabergé Collection
by ruzhnikov
workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrilic, gold mark of 56 zolotniks and silver mark of 91 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 16457 diameter: 12.5 cm
Provenance:
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A gift from Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna to her granddaughter, Baroness Wilhelmine von SenarclensGrancey
Thence by descent
Dan Hodhges
Exhibitions:
Objects of Desire: Faberge from the Hodges Family Collection, New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, 9 November 2008 – 18 January 2009, no. 34
Literature:
J.W. Keefe (ed.), Fabergé: The Hodges Family Collections, New Orleans, 2008, no. 34, illustrated p. 122
Gold circular desk clock enamelled in coral pink over a sunburst guilloché ground, chased with ribbon-tied floral garlands; the circular white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters, pierced hands and a seed pearl bezel; all within white enamel and gold outer frame.