Henrik Wigström

Henrik Wigström
Henrik Wigström
Born	2 October 1862
Died	14 March 1923 (aged 60)
Known for	one of the most important Fabergé workmasters

Henrik Immanuel Wigström (2 October 1862 – 14 March 1923)^[1] a Finnish silver & goldsmith, 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.

Erik August Kollin, a Finn, was head work master from 1870 to 1886 and produced gold jewellery, including pieces in the Scythian style (the Scythian treasure had just been discovered at Kerch in the Crimea). August Wilhelm Holmström (who had been appointed head jeweller by Gustav Faberge in 1857) was born in Ekenäs, Finland.

Henrik Wigström was born in Ekenäs, Finland, and was apprenticed to a local Danish born goldsmith named Petter Madsén, a successful manufacturer of silverware who was familiar with the jewellery trade in 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.^[2] 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, figures and flowers from that time period were produced under his supervision.

References[edit]

^ Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla (2011). Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit (Fabergé's Finnish masters). Tammi. pp. 85–111. ISBN 978-951-31-5878-1.
^ Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla (2011). Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit (Fabergé's Finnish masters). Tammi. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-951-31-5878-1.

External links[edit]

Media related to Henrik Wigström at Wikimedia Commons
Fabergé's Finnish masters Archived 2019-06-27 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla (2011). Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit (Fabergé's Finnish masters). Tammi. pp. 85–111. ISBN 978-951-31-5878-1.

[2] Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla (2011). Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit (Fabergé's Finnish masters). Tammi. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-951-31-5878-1.

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v t e Fabergé eggs
Imperial Easter eggs (1885–1917)	First Hen also known as Jeweled Hen Hen with Sapphire Pendant also known as Egg with Hen in Basket Third Imperial Cherub with Chariot also known as Angel with Egg in Chariot Nécessaire Danish Palaces Memory of Azov Diamond Trellis Caucasus Renaissance Rosebud Blue Serpent Clock Twelve Monograms also known as Alexander III Portraits Rock Crystal also known as Revolving Miniatures Imperial Coronation Mauve Lilies-of-the-Valley Pelican also known as Dowager Bouquet of Lilies Clock also known as Madonna Lily Clock Pansy also known as Spinach Jade Trans-Siberian Railway Cockerel also known as Cuckoo Clock Basket of Flowers Gatchina Palace Clover Leaf Empire Nephrite Peter the Great Royal Danish also known as Danish Jubilee Moscow Kremlin also known as Uspenski Cathedral Swan Rose Trellis Cradle with Garlands also known as Love Trophies Alexander Palace Peacock Standart Yacht Alexander III Commemorative Colonnade Alexander III Equestrian Fifteenth Anniversary Bay Tree also known as Orange Tree Tsarevich Napoleonic Romanov Tercentenary Winter Mosaic Catherine the Great also known as Grisaille or Pink Cameo Red Cross with Triptych Red Cross with Imperial Portraits Steel Military Order of St. George Karelian Birch Constellation
Kelch eggs (1898–1904)	Hen Twelve Panel Pine Cone Apple Blossom also known as Jade Chest Rocaille Bonbonnière Chanticleer
Other Fabergé eggs	Blue Striped Enamel [ru] Clock [hy] Duchess of Marlborough also known as Pink Serpent Gorbachev Peace Lapis Lazuli Nobel Ice Resurrection Rose Quartz Rothschild Scandinavian also known as Quisling Spring Flowers Twilight [ru] Youssoupov [ru]
Fabergé workmasters	August Wilhelm Holmström Michael Perkhin Alma Pihl Henrik Wigström Victor Mayer
Related	Peter Carl Fabergé House of Fabergé Fabergé Museum (Baden-Baden) Fabergé Museum (Saint Petersburg)

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