Gem-Set Two-Colour Gold and Enamel Cape-Clasp by

Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908 struck with workmaster’s initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, assay master’s mark (Cyrillic initials Ya. L for Yakov Lyapunov), gold mark of 56 zolotniks contained in original fitted case overall length: 13.2 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington, Delaware, Riverfront Arts Centre, 9 September 2000 – 18 February 2001

Fabergé – Cartier. Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 28 November 2003 – 12 April 2004

Carl Fabergé and Masters of Stone Carving. Russian Gems, Moscow, The Kremlin Museum, 8 April –24 July 2011

Literature:

G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 490, p. 208

G. von Habsburg, Fabergé – Cartier. Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, no. 421, p. 276

T. Muntyan, Carl Fabergé and Masters of Stone Carving. Russian Gems, Moscow, 2011, no. 104 p. 122

Two clasps of triangular shape, each with a pink-foiled cabochon moonstone in a rose-cut diamond mount set in a panel of opalescent white guilloché enamel applied with intertwining green and red gold laurel sprays and a cabochon ruby, with palm leaf borders. The clasps are joined by a gold chain which suspends a similar triangular pendant. Contained in original wooden case, the lid stamped with Fabergé Imperial Warrant mark, St.Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa.