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For a similar vanity case, see A.K. Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé (London, 1962), plate VII.
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A JEWELLED GUILLOCHE ENAMEL FOUR-COLOUR GOLD VANITY CASE
by Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1903-1908, with inventory scratched number 9581
Of rectangular form, comprising one large and two small compartments, enamelled overall in pink over guilloché moiré ground (main cover re-enamelled, enamel damage on the back, some discolorations), the main cover on the upper half set with four-colour gold ribbon-tied swags hanging from three silver mounted rose-cut diamond, the thumbpiece decorated with two-colour gold ribbon-tied swags, the two other compartments with similar decoration, each compartment separated by two-colour gold chased laurel leaf bands. 10.3 cm long
by Fabergé, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1903-1908, with inventory scratched number 9581
Of rectangular form, comprising one large and two small compartments, enamelled overall in pink over guilloché moiré ground (main cover re-enamelled, enamel damage on the back, some discolorations), the main cover on the upper half set with four-colour gold ribbon-tied swags hanging from three silver mounted rose-cut diamond, the thumbpiece decorated with two-colour gold ribbon-tied swags, the two other compartments with similar decoration, each compartment separated by two-colour gold chased laurel leaf bands. 10.3 cm long