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Wartski

Stand C1

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Wartski
14 Grafton Street
London, W1S 4DE
United Kingdom
T +44 20 74 93 11 41
F +44 20 74 09 74 48

wartski@wartski.com

Website http://www.wartski.com

Category

Antique jewellery, works of art by Carl Fabergé, objets de vertu and antique silver

Overview

Founded :	1865
Director :	Geoffrey Munn, Katherine Purcell, Kieran McCarthy
Member :	B.A.D.A.(The British Antique Dealers Association)

Wartski is a family business, specializing in works of art by Carl Fabergé, antique jewellery, silver and objets de vertu. It was founded by Morris Wartski in Poland in 1865, and was moved to Bangor in 1895. In 1910, Wartski flourished in the seaside town of Llandudno and its colourful clientele included King Edward VII and the 5th Marquis of Angelsey, also known as the ‘Dancing Marquis’. After the establishment of two branches in Llandudno by 1895, a third was opened in London in 1911. It was with Morris Wartski’s son in law, Emanuel Snowman, that the firm began its long association with the work of Carl Fabergé. Snowman was one of a pioneering few who made purchases from the Soviet Government department, known as the Antiquariat, between 1927 until 1933. These included a variety of precious objects including the gold chalice given by Catherine The Great to the Cathedral of St. Aleksandr Nevskii Lavra. Amongst these transactions were numerous masterpieces by Fabergé, including a dozen of the now famous Imperial Easter Eggs. Since the early 1950’s, Wartski has built a reputation for scholarship within the trade. The late A Kenneth Snowman published several books on Carl Faberge, goldsmith’s work and jewellery and Geoffrey Munn, Katherine Purcell and Kieran McCarthy maintain this tradition. Wartski has had a long association with the Royal family and hold the warrants of Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales.

A Gold and Enamel Philatelist’s Loupe by Carl Fabergé

decorated with blue guilloche enamel, with a white opalescent enamel highlight beneath the lens.

A Rare Pair of Enamel and Gem-set Opera Glasses by Falize

composed of gold lavishly decorated with contrasting opaque and translucent enamels of vivid hues, further set with rows of diamonds, both cylinders bordered with striated agates and joined by openwork gold floral and foliate motifs, the centre section with swivelling adjustment knob similarly decorated and set at one end with a rose cut diamond, the other featuring an engraved initial ‘B’. Paris, c.1880.

Two Fringe Necklaces in the Revivalist Taste by Castellani and Giuliano

Top: a gold and enamel fringe necklace in the form of rosebuds in green and pink enamel suspended from stylised gold flowers. Signed ‘CG’ for Carlo Giuliano. Bottom: a gold and micromosaic fringe necklace in the form of alternating lozenges, decorated with white and black tesserae, and delicate gold spheres. Signed to the reverse.

A Rare Suite of Jewellery by Falize

consisting of a bracelet, buckle and brooch mounted in gold and decorated with luminous translucent cloisonné enamels representing cranes and lovebirds against an opaque sage green background. Paris, c.1900.

A Rare Sapphire and Diamond Necklace by Carl Fabergé

formed of thirteen graduating clusters of blue sapphires encircled by rose cut diamonds, joined by diamond set bows suspending floral swags, supported on openwork galleries, set in silver and mounted on gold (later matching earrings). By Fabergé's Chief Jeweller: Albert Holmström St Petersburg, 1908

A Silver Pitcher by Gorham Manufacturing Co

decorated with freshwater fish sitting within swirling and scrolling waves, the handle in the form of an arched dragon with clawed feet. Providence, c1882.