Fabergé, Henrik Wigström, Runt bordsur i förgyllt silver. Gul emalj på guillocherad bakgrund. Urtavla med vit emalj. Visare i guld. Urtavlan är omgiven av ca 92 st halverade pärlor. Dekor i form av girlanger, blommor och bandrosetter. Bakstycke i elfenben. Sannolikt 1903-1904. St: Petersburg Ryssland. Diam: 11,3 cm. Stämplat Faberge, (H.W) Verkmästare Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg Assay Board 1899-1904 (Ya L) Yakov Lyapunov samt inristat inventarienummer 9279. Urverket tillverkat av HY Moser &Cie (Switzerland) Bakstycke med sprickor samt mindre repor på baksidan av uret (se intyg). Originalsask medföljer. Äkthetsintyg av V.V Skurlov på ryska medföljer med fullständig katalogisering. Se engelsk översättning nedan. Lauritz.com ansvarar ej för föremålets funktion.



EXPERT WITH THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY OF THE RUSSIAN CARL FABERGÉ MEMORIAL FUND. BEARER OF THE ORDER OF CARL FABERGÉ. MERITORIOUS WORKER OF DECORATIVE AND APPLIED ARTS. SCIENTIFIC EDITOR OF THE ANTIKVARNOE OBOZRENIE [ANTIQUES REVIEW] MAGAZINE.

Author of the following books: Buyer Advice on Jewellery (1990); History of the Fabergé Company (1992); Fabergé and the Russian Court Jewellers (1992); Jewels and Silver for Tsars, Kings and Others: The 200th Anniversary of V. A. Bolin (1996); The Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs (1997; second edition 2000); Fabergé and the Jewellers of St. Petersburg (1997); Jewellers and Stonecutters of the Urals (2001); Hallmarking of Russian Gold and Silver Objects at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century (2001); Purveyors to the Supreme Imperial Court (2002); Carl Fabergé’s St. Petersburg (2004)



EXPERT OPINION

SAINT PETERSBURG, AUGUST 5, 2008

Presented to me was a table-top (desk) CLOCK, of circular shape and resting on a support. Silver and golden-yellow enamel on a guilloche background. White opaque enamel over the clock-face, golden hands; 92 small half pearls surrounding the clock-face; eight medium-sized half pearls connect wreath ornaments adorning the enamel surface. Acanthus-leaf ornament around the outer perimeter. Back lid: ivory, fastened with eight screws. Faceted glass. Clock manufactured by Hy Moser & Cie (Switzerland), weekly winding, amethyst jewels, clock movement number 72100. The object is in its original wooden case, lined with velvet. Diameter: 11.3 cm. The condition is good; there are signs of aging (cracks on the ivory lid).

Hallmarks. ФАБЕРЖЕ [FABERGE] hallmark; maker’s mark, H. W., of the master, Henrik Wigström; hallmark of the St. Petersburg Assay Board for the years 1899-1904 with the initials Я. Л. [Ya. L.] of the Superintendent Yakov Lyapunov. There is an inventory number 9279 scratched on the surface.

Expert examination in the areas of art history and stylistics, archival and historical evidence, technological practices of jewellery-making, assay, gemmology and graphology allows to attribute this object to the workshop of Master Goldsmith Henrik Wigström, commissioned and designed by Carl Fabergé, purveyor to the court, in 1903-1904. The inventory number is an important aspect in the attribution of Fabergé objects. The inventory number 9279 corresponds to the end of 1903 and the beginning of 1904.

The distinguishing features of the object under review are excellent colour of the enamel, well-preserved condition, presence of the inventory number and a case. The inner perimeter of the clock surrounding the clock-face is decorated with half pearls. A total of 1,200-1,400 table-top (desk) clocks were produced by the company, approximately 400 survived, and there is documentary evidence of 600 objects. In Fabergé’s time, clocks were not only used for their intended functional purpose, but also served as decorative objects and gifts. Empress Maria Feodorovna had the largest collection of table-top (desk) clocks (more than 50). She gave clocks as presents, received them as presents (mainly from her husband and son) and used them to decorate palace interiors. The Moser & Cie movement number corresponds to the range of numbers used in Fabergé clocks.

SUMMARY. I attribute the presented table-top (desk) CLOCK – circular shape, silver, enamel, half pearls, ivory, glass; in the original Fabergé case – to be a genuine article made by the Fabergé masters. The clock was made in St. Petersburg, at the main workshop of the company under supervision of Master Goldsmith Henrik Wigström, between September 1903 and March 1904. Due to its superior artistic characteristics, completeness of the set, well-preserved condition, presence of the inventory number, the CLOCK is a top class object for a museum or a [private] collection and has significant antique value.

EXPERT on the appraisal of artistic treasures with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, CONSULTANT with the Russian Department at Christie’s V. V. Skurlov

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