A duckling, carved in pale cream-brown aventurine quartz with cabochon ruby eyes and chased red gold legs. The aventurine quartz used for this study of a duckling lacks the naturalism of other hardstones selected to represent the true colouring of a particular animal, however the animal sculptures themselves are very carefully observed. The Royal Collection has a total of four models of ducks in aventurine quartz made in Wigström's workshop.

Mark of Henrik Wigström; gold mark of 72 zolotniks (1908-17)

Text adapted from Fabergé's Animals: A Royal Farm in Miniature