Lot 32
32
A JEWELLED GOLD AND OPAQUE ENAMELLED CIGARETTE-CASE

Details
A JEWELLED GOLD AND OPAQUE ENAMELLED CIGARETTE-CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 26329, AND FRENCH CONTROL MARK

Of rectangular form, the case reeded overall with alternating bands of opaque white enamel, with a gold-mounted rose diamond-set thumbpiece
3½in. (9cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A similar cigarette-case is illustrated, H.C. Bainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé, pl. 108. Another similar case, but with blue and white enamelling was exhibited, New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé, October 25-November 7 1961, and is illustrated in the catalogue, p. 52, fig. 105.