Аукцион Bidspirit | Miniature frame / antique silver

Miniature frame / antique silver and Russian blue enamel watch box, Faberge, Henrik Wigström H.W A beautiful and high-quality collector's item in a classic circular design, combining metal (tested as silver) and semi-transparent Guilloché Enamel decoration in a deep and radiant sky blue shade. The enamel is placed on an engine-turned metal base in a symmetrical circular wave pattern.  Decorated with a metal elite element in the form of a tied ribbon (bow tie), a characteristic motif of the Belle Epoque style and the Edwardian period. The ribbon is placed directly above a circular inner frame designed to display a miniature painting, photograph or clock face (now blank with an inner veneer backing). The perimeter of the item is decorated with a fine braid/lace pattern (Bezel). At the top of the item is installed a loop and an original suspension ring designed to be worn as a pendant necklace or to be hung on a stand. Diameter: 10 cm. Signed with Russian silver stamps and Faberge's stamps, source: private collection Henrik Wigström (1862-1923), born in Finland, arrived in St. Petersburg in 1875. In 1884 he began working as an assistant to goldsmith Mikhail Perkhin, whose workshop operated exclusively for the Faberge house. After Farchin's death in 1903, he inherited his workshop and was the head workmaster until 1917; Most of the imperial Fabergé eggs were created in the workshops of Farchin and Wigstrom.