Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 118*
A varicoloured gold, enamel and carved chalcedony vinaigrette egg pendantFabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, c. 1903
1 December 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,650 inc. premium
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Jacqueline Senior
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A varicoloured gold, enamel and carved chalcedony vinaigrette egg pendant
Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, c. 1903
decorated with finely textured chased gold leaf trefoil and with sienna red enamel reserves within white opaque enamel borders above a continuous band of rose-cut diamonds flanked by narrow bans of red gold, base with pale blue cabochon chalcedony, top and bottom held by internal screw, opened to reveal small space for smelling salts in the bottom part, 56 standard
length with suspension loop: 2.5cm (1in).
decorated with finely textured chased gold leaf trefoil and with sienna red enamel reserves within white opaque enamel borders above a continuous band of rose-cut diamonds flanked by narrow bans of red gold, base with pale blue cabochon chalcedony, top and bottom held by internal screw, opened to reveal small space for smelling salts in the bottom part, 56 standard
length with suspension loop: 2.5cm (1in).
Footnotes
For a comparable egg set with a paler hardstone, see Bonhams, London, Fine Jewellery, 5 December 2002, lot 56.