Silver and Enamel Square Desk Clock

by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, silver mark of 91 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 16556 height: 10.3 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé. Hofjuwelier der Zaren, Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 5 December 1986 –22 February 1987, no. 415

Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsars, Stockholm, National Museum, 6 June 1997 – 19 October 1997, no. 142

Literature:

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé. Hofjuwelier der Zaren, Munich, 1986, no. 415, p. 225, illustrated in colour

Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsars, Stockholm, no. 142, p. 170, illustrated in colour

Square silver desk clock, enamelled bright pink over a wavy sunburst guilloche ground, with white enamel dial within pearl bezel, black Arabic numerals and pierced gold hands; the outer border with a repetitive leaf pattern; the back mounted with a hinged scroll strut.