Details
A Russian gold shaped rectangular cigarette case by Gabriel Sakarinpoika Niukkanen, the body with bevelled edges and applied diamond and rose diamond imperial eagle, with cabochon sapphire single stone thumbpiece.
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Further details
Refer Fabergé by Geza von Habsburg, page 330, Niukkanen was mentioned as working at 39 Kazanskaya Street between 1898 and 1912. He made gold and silver cigarette cases which seldom bore Fabergé's hallmark however. For a while he was manager of Fabergé's workshop in Odessa.