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BY FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Details
A JEWELLED GOLD MATCH-HOLDER AND STRIKER
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of August Holmström, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Oblong, the sides engraved with geometric motifs, the top set with a cabochon sapphire and rose-cut diamond-set trefoil, the inside reveals a match case and striker, with suspension loop and ring, marked on loop
1¾in. (4.5cm.) high
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of August Holmström, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Oblong, the sides engraved with geometric motifs, the top set with a cabochon sapphire and rose-cut diamond-set trefoil, the inside reveals a match case and striker, with suspension loop and ring, marked on loop
1¾in. (4.5cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's New York, The Di Portanova Collection, 25 October 2000, lot 463