Lot 617: A FABERGÉ GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE INKWELL, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1904

PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
in neoclassical taste, the sides of the circular well and square plinth applied with chased two-colour gold ribbon-tied laurel sprays within reeded gold borders, the stepped base with beaded borders, the domed and hinged lid with fir cone finial above bound laurel rim mount, gadrooned bun feet, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 56 standard
height: 14cm, 5 ½ in.

Collection of Dorothy Schiff, New York
Christie's New York, 19 April 1990, lot 227