The cover of the leather album centered by silver initials ‘HIW’ for Henrik Immanuel Wigström, Roman numeral ‘XXV’ and dates ‘1884-1909’, all within a ribbon-tied reeded silver frame and four corner rosettes with acanthus, enclosing 32 photographs of Henrik Wigström and his family, and one dinner menu dated '21 October 1909', with a silver clasp, marked on silver mounts with workmaster’s initials
12⁷⁄₈ in. (32.7 cm.) high, 10⁵⁄₈ in. (27 cm.) wide, 2³⁄₄ in. (7 cm.) deep, closed

A. Tillander, Fabergé and his Contemporaries, Helsinki, 1980, p. 84, no. 82 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - Cartier, Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, p. 192, no. 155 (illustrated).

Helsinki, The Museum of Applied Arts, Fabergé and his Contemporaries, 1980, no. 82.
Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fabergé and Finland: Exquisite Objects, 17 October 1996 - 5 January 1997.
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé - Cartier, Rivalen am Zarenhof, 28 November 2003 - 12 April 2004, no. 155.

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Henrik Wigström (1862-1923) was one of Fabergé's most celebrated workmasters. In 1884, at the age of 22 he became an assistant to Michael Perchin who was head of Fabergé's goldsmiths' department at the time. When Perchin died in 1903, his workshop passed to Wigström who continued the firm's excellent work.

On 21 October 1884 Henrik Wigström married Ida Johanna Turunen (1866-1911). The Wigström family album was most likely a 25th wedding anniversary gift to Henrik Wigström and his wife. It contains family photos of the couple and their four children, as well as a dinner menu to celebrate the occasion, dated 21 October 1909.