Russian Desk Accessories

Antique early-20th Century Imperial Russian two-colour gold & diamond pencil holder, of flattened rectangular form, reeded in two colour gold and mounted with old cut diamonds, made ...

Hand-Painted Paper Mache Egg, Signed and Dated

Fabergé Style Russian Officer Figure in Nephrite, White Jade, Red Jasper, and Agate with 24k Gold. Presenting a Fabergé Style Figure of a Russian Offic...

This exquisite inkwell by the legendary Grachev Brothers was made for Czar Nicholas of Russia. Featuring intricately cut glass in a star pattern, the inkwell rests upon an exquisite ...

A snuff gold box designed by Henrik Wigström. Beautiful neo classic snuff box, created in St, Petersburg Russia, at the workshop of Henrik Wigström, back in the 1908. This piece has been carefully crafted in the Russian imperial and Louis XVI styles, in solid yellow gold of 56 zolotnik (14kt) and embellished with applications of white enamel. Decorated around with garlands and intricates dotted patterns. Fitted with an invisible hinge and close perfectly well. Weight: 36.65 Grams, (23.49 Dwt). Measurements: 41 mm by 39 mm by 14 mm (1.61 x 1.53 x 0.55 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped on both parts with Russian marks; the kokoshnik post 1908 mark with the letter a for the city of Saint Petersburg, the maker's mark HW associated to Henrik Wigström inside an oval cartouche, scratched with his inventory numbers 86111 and the 56 zolotnik mark for the assay and warranty of the gold. Other Hallmarks: Stamped in the outside border, with German importation marks; the German Crown mark, the retailer mark AT inside an oval and the 585 mark for the assay and warranty of the gold. Henrik Immanuel Wigström born on 1862 and was a Finnish silver & goldsmith. He was one of the most important Fabergé workmasters along with Michael Perchin. Perchin was the head workmaster from 1886 until his death in 1903, when he was succeeded by his chief assistant Henrik Wigström. These two workmasters were responsible for almost all the imperial Easter eggs. Henrik Wigström was born in Ekenäs, Finland, and was apprenticed to a local Danish born goldsmith named Peter Madsén, a successful manufacturer of silverware who was familiar with the jewellery trade in the city of St. Petersburg, as at one time he had had a workshop there. Once in Madsén's employment, his master's trade with Russia, as well as his numerous business contacts here, brought him to work in St. Petersburg. Goldsmith Werner Elfström employed Wigström as a apprentice on his arrival in the capital in 1875. Wigström became assistant in 1884, at the age of 22, to Perchin, whose shop at that time was already working exclusively for Fabergé. Wigström became head workmaster at Fabergé after Perchin's death in 1903. The number of craftsmen in Wigström's workshop diminished drastically with the outbreak of World War I. By 1918, the Revolution forced the complete closing of the House of Fabergé. Aged 56, Wigström retreated almost empty-handed to his summer house, on Finnish territory, and died at Terijoki in 1923. His art is similar to Perchin's but tends to be in the Louis XVI, Empire, or neo-classical style. Nearly all the Fabergé hardstone animals...

Presentation picture frame from the imperial Russia. Beautiful neo classic picture desk frame, created in Moscow Russia, back in the 1910's. It was carefully crafted in the Russia...

Vintage glass rabbit figure paper weight - unidentified maker with original labels attached to the base - Russia - circa 1980s. Excellent vint...

A fine Jewish yad or torah pointer of silver featuring a crown on the handle end, with a traditional pointed finger hand on the other end. With decorative ...

Antique early-20th century Imperial Russian solid silver calendar, thermometer and barometer in a shape of a horse shoe on stand. With a presentation engraving in Cyrillic (in Russian)“ To greatly respected Arthur Cheidorovich from devotees S.Ladu, I. Rubleva, Ekaterinoslavl, June 1902”. Hallmarked Russian silver 84...

A good antique Russian Imperial silver and onyx four piece desk set, circa 1896. The set having variegated onyx bases and silver mounts, comprising a cut glass inkwell (which is removeable from the silver and onyx base), plus a seal to close correspondence with wax, a pen holder and rocking blotter...

Antique 19th Century Russian 18k Gold, enamel and pearl mounted seal, base set with a Carnelian stone and gold scrolls applied over royal blue enamel ground. Hallmarked Russian gold ...

This exquisite inkwell by the legendary Fabergé exudes a bygone luxury. Comprised of intricately cut glass in a star pattern, the inkwell rests upon a silver base cast with dramatic masks among foliate festoons and ribbons. Its refined, neoclassical design is completed by a silver lid with a finial in the form of a laurel wreath. Fine silver from the House of Fabergé is indeed difficult to acquire, since most of the firm’s works, including the court and presentation pieces created for the Czar, were melted down to mint silver ingots...