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BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1895
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A SILVER AND GOLD PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1895
Rectangular with rounded corners, the cover split diagonally in half and chased with reeding in gold, the other half spot-hammered on silver, one corner applied with the cypher of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich beneath Imperial crown, with integral vesta compartment with match strike, one end fitted with tinder cord, with a gold-mounted cabochon sapphire thumb-piece, the inside cover inscribed in German 'My heartfelt thanks/ Grand Duke Michael/ from Russia/ Cannes. 1895.', marked inside cover and base, in a later fitted wood, silk and velvet-lined case stamped in Russian 'Fabergé/ St. Petersburg/ Moscow, London' beneath the gilt Imperial crown
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1895
Rectangular with rounded corners, the cover split diagonally in half and chased with reeding in gold, the other half spot-hammered on silver, one corner applied with the cypher of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich beneath Imperial crown, with integral vesta compartment with match strike, one end fitted with tinder cord, with a gold-mounted cabochon sapphire thumb-piece, the inside cover inscribed in German 'My heartfelt thanks/ Grand Duke Michael/ from Russia/ Cannes. 1895.', marked inside cover and base, in a later fitted wood, silk and velvet-lined case stamped in Russian 'Fabergé/ St. Petersburg/ Moscow, London' beneath the gilt Imperial crown
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Presented by Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich (1861-1929) to an unknown recipient, Cannes, 1895.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, April, 2007, lot 404.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, April, 2007, lot 404.
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