A GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE-CASE

HAHN WORKMASTER'S MARK OF CARK BLANK, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

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A GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE-CASE
Hahn workmaster's mark of Cark Blank, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Oblong of oval section, overall enamelled with transluscent deep red over wavy sunburst on cover, the hinged cover applied later with the double-headed eagle of the city of Moscow with the Imperial crown at the corners, with a gold-mounted rose-cut diamond thumbpiece, marked inside base and cover
3½in. (8.7cm.) long

Lot Essay

Recent research done by Valentin Skurlov, has uncovered new information about the relationship of the firm of K. Gan [Hahn], as well as that of Fabergé, and the workmaster previously known only by his initials C.B. Carl Carlovich Blank was born in Finland, then a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire, in 1860. Registered as a gold and silversmith since 1885, he worked from 1892 until 1909 for the renowned firm of K. Hahn, being made a partner in 1911. After the death of K.Hahn's son Dmitrii, he continued with the firm in the production of diamond commissions from the Imperial Cabinet of orders and decorations. He was awarded prizes for excellence at the 1896 exhibition at Nizhnyi Novgorod, and in 1917 as a mark of appreciation by the Imperial Cabinet. According to Evgenii Fabergé's comments on the firm of Fabergé written in 1937, Blank worked for Fabergé, but he gave no further details.

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