Russian Silver and Guilloché Enamel Snuff Box
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1908–1917
A Russian Silver and Guilloché Enamel Snuff Box/Pendant Workmaster Henrik Wigström (1862–1923), for the House of Fabergé St. Petersburg, 1908–1917 Dimensions: 4.0 × 1.1 cm Weight: 26.5 g Of circular form, enameled in translucent sky blue over guilloché ground, the hinged lid and border finely detailed with engraved ornament.
The refined execution exemplify Wigström’s workshop under the House of Fabergé during the firm’s final Imperial years. Henrik Wigström, one of Fabergé’s most celebrated workmasters and successor to Michael Perchin, was responsible for many of the firm’s finest late creations — including Imperial Easter eggs, miniature objets de fantaisie, and elegantly enameled boxes such as the present example.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- Russian Silver and Guilloché Enamel
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 4.0 × 1.1 cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 200584243
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.