A WHITE METAL-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CARD-CASE

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A WHITE METAL-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CARD-CASE

MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER AUGUST HÖLLMING, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17281

Rectangular, the white sunburst guilloché enamel hinged sides with bright-cut engraved mount, the inside with an inscription 'From Victoria with grateful thanks. Jan 1.1912.', marked on the interior
7.7cm. wide

Provenance

presented by HRH Princess Victoria to
Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, KCVO, CB (1862-1914) in 1912
and thence by descent through the female line

Lot Essay

This case is sold with a note inscribed 'Given to Kit by Princess Victoria', probably in thanks for Sir Christopher Cradock's rescue of the Duke and Duchess of Fife and their daughters in the shipwreck of the P & O liner Delhi off Cape Spartel, Morocco, on the 13th December 1911

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