A JEWELLED TWO-COLOR GOLD SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE-CASE

MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20430

Details

A JEWELLED TWO-COLOR GOLD SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE-CASE
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of August Hollming, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 20430
Rectangular, the translucent pink enamel over moiré ground set on each side with a two-color gold palmette band, one side with a vesta compartment, the inside now converted for use as a powder compact with a mirror inside the lid, with rose-cut diamond thumbpiece, marked inside, in original fitted case stamped, 'Fabergé, St. Petersburg, Moscow'
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) long

Provenance

Landsell K. Christie, Long Island Parke Bernet Galleries New York, Valuable and Important Objets de Vertu by Carl Fabergé from the Landsell K. Christie Collection, 7 December 1967, lot 25

Lot Essay

The above cigarette-case was purchased by the Comtesse Gerard de Ganay on July 4th 1910 at the Fabergé London branch for 23.10.

We are grateful to Valentin Skurlov and Tatiana Fabergé for providing information on the above lot.

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