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Ferdinand Boberg - Pokal, 1908 -

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Ferdinand Boberg - Pokal, 1908 - Signature detail

Ferdinand Boberg
Pokal, 1908
Silver, silver-gilt, red and blue enamel
21 5/8 x 16 1/2 in
55 x 42 cm
55 x 42 cm
Inscribed "Composé par M. Ferdinand Boberg / Modelé par M. Alf Olson / Exécuté par la Maison C.G. Hallberg orfèvre de SM le Roi de Suède / Stockholm Novembre 1908"
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A diplomatic gift dated in 1908 gifted by the Swedish King Gustav V to French President Armand Fallières.
A diplomatic gift dated in 1908 gifted by the Swedish King Gustav V to French President Armand Fallières.
Provenance
Commissioned by Gustaf V, King of Sweden and given on 25th November 1908 to Mr. Armand Fallières, President of the French Republic - Kept by President Fallières in his private collection after the end of his presidential term in 1913 and taken to his Château de Loupillon, in Villeneuve-de-Mézin, France - Thence by family descent until 2023 - Marc Labarbe, Toulouse, 16th June 2023, lot 222.
Literature
L’Echo d’Oran, 24th November 1908 - Le Figaro, 25th November 1908 - L’Illustration, number 3431, 28th November 1908.