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A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16892
Étui-form, the body enamelled overall in translucent oyster white over a wavy guilloché ground, the body decorated with border further enamelled in translucent emerald green over a diamond guilloché ground, applied with flowering laurel garlands at intervals, all within chased green gold laurel bands, with a ruby-set push-piece, marked throughout
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. Please be advised that a purchasers inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).
These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.
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