A gold mounted Lapis Lazuli
clock by Carl Fabergé,

fashioned from a single block of lapis Lazuli in a rectangular upright form, the front centred
to the top with a wreath of yellow gold laurels secure with red gold festoons within
two bands of opaque white enamel, containing beneath domed glass a dial
enamelled opalescent oyster over a sunburst guillochage beneath, with
Arabic chapters and openwork gold hands, with recessed silver gilt
lined base containing the original gold key, three gold keyholes to
reverse with gadrooned gold covers, the sides mounted
with red and green gold laurel wreaths

Chief Workmaster: Henrik Wigström,
St. Petersburg, circa 1908-1917,
inventory number: 21914.

6.6 cm by 4.6 cm by 3.8 cm.

Illustrated:

Fabergé Clocks by Alexander von Solodkoff,
London, page 16.

Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and objects
from the Wigström Workshop
, Tillander-Godenhielm,
et al, (New York, 2000), p.126

Wartski 

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