Bookmark
Henrik Immanuel Wigström (1862 - 1923)
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
c. 1905
Materials
gold, translucent pink enamel, seed pearl, bowenite, rose-cut diamond
Measurements
59 mm (Length)20 mm (W)
Place of origin
Saint Petersburg
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247191
Summary
Gold, enamel, seed pearl and bowenite bookmark, c.1905, made by Henrik Wigström for Fabergé. The flattened elongated chevron shape pale green bowenite front section mounted with a polished gold retaining blade behind in a seed pearl set gold mount with double sided translucent pink enamelled roundel top section set on one side with a single rose-cut diamond collet with green gold wreath surround and pink gold ribbon bow decoration below. One pearl deficient. The mount later repaired with lead solder. The bowenite front now shortened probably following damage to its original point. Original fitted hollywood case, the inner silk lining stamped ‘Fabergé; St Petersburg; Moscow; Odessa.'
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey miniatures and small objects in the strong room, page 118.
Marks and inscriptions
Scratch engraved inventory number 10268. HW for Henrik Wigström, 56 stamp on blade; kokoshnik and ‘Faberge’ in Cyrillic.
Makers and roles
Henrik Immanuel Wigström (1862 - 1923) , jeweller Fabergé, jeweller
