Lot 46
46
A BLUE AND YELLOW GUILLOCHÉ ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE-CASE

Details
A BLUE AND YELLOW GUILLOCHÉ ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE-CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21768, AND ENGLISH IMPORT MARKS FOR LONDON, 1911

The rectangular case horizontally decorated with the Rothschild family racing colors in blue and yellow guilloché enamel, with a gold-mounted rose-cut diamond-set thumbpiece
3¼in. (8.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The Rothschild's racing colors of yellow and blue were first used on commissions for the Rothschild family, and became one of Fabergé's signature designs. A selection of objects in the Rothschild colors may be seen illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé, April 22-May 21 1983, p. 96.