Gold, Silver-Gilt and Enamel Circular Desk Clock by Fabergé

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:

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.