A jewelled gold-mounted enamel and moss agate pill box Fabergé, Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, scratch inventory number 10845
Lot 92* ≈
A jewelled gold-mounted enamel and moss agate pill box
Fabergé, Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, scratch inventory number 10845
Sold for £ 122,500 (US$ 161,394) inc. premium

Lot Details
Property from a distinguished private collection
A jewelled gold-mounted enamel and moss agate pill box Fabergé, Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, scratch inventory number 10845 A jewelled gold-mounted enamel and moss agate pill box Fabergé, Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, scratch inventory number 10845
A jewelled gold-mounted enamel and moss agate pill box
Fabergé, Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, scratch inventory number 10845
shaped polygonal, the hinged lid set with polished moss agate plaque within enamel foliate border, the sides in sections with each engine-turned green over guilloché wavy ground applied with ribbon-tied laurel swags suspended from rubies alternating with pendant husks, the base translucent green over wavy engine-turning; in fitted Wartski case, 72 standard
5 x 3cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/16in).

Footnotes

  • Provenance
    Purchased by Princess Hatzfeldt (1862-1928) at Fabergé, London, 1910
    Wartski
    Purchased from the above by private collectors
    Thence by descent

    The inventory number corresponds to an entry in the London Fabergé ledgers for a gold bonbonniere with moss agate purchased by Princess Hatzfeldt on November 16, 1910 for £53. Our thanks to Tatiana Fabergé for providing this research.

    Princess Hatzfeldt (1862-1928) was born Clara Prentice in California and adopted into the family of railroad tycoon Collis P. Huntington (1820-1900). She married Prince Francis von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg in 1889 and having inherited a considerable fortune, acquired over 50 pieces of Fabergé between 1907 and 1916. The Princess established herself in English society and became a frequent dinner guest of Edward VII.
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