FABERGE GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BIRD PENDANT Mark of HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, St Petersburg, circa 1899–1903

Carved as a bird in dark grey hardstone, with incised feathers and cabochon ruby-set eyes. Hallmarks: 56 gold standard, assay master’s initials in Cyrillic ‘Ya. L’ (for Yakov Lyapunov), maker’s initials ‘HW’ (for Henrik Wigström) L. 3.5 cm