Lot 112
112
A Jewelled and Gun-Metal Mounted Gold Cigarette Case
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A Jewelled and Gun-Metal Mounted Gold Cigarette Case

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908

Details
A Jewelled and Gun-Metal Mounted Gold Cigarette Case
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of August Hollming, St Petersburg, 1904-1908
Rectangular with rounded sides, reeded overall, the cover applied with a rose-cut diamond-set crowned stylized initial 'A' with entwined metal anchor and with cabochon sapphire thumb-piece, with integral vesta compartment enclosing the integral chained chord attachment, marked inside cover and base
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide
Literature
H. and S. Berry-Hill, Antique Gold Boxes, Their Lore and Their Lure, New York, 1953, illustration 213.
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Lot Essay

The crowned initial 'A' entwined with an anchor is possibly the cypher of Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovich (1850-1908), the fourth son of Emperor Alexander II and his first wife, Maria Alexandrovna. Alexis was admiral general and supreme chief of the Russian Imperial fleet.
A comparable gold cigarette case by Fabergé, applied with the cypher of Grand Duke Alexis, is illustrated in A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé, a Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Design, April 22-May 21, 1983, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1983, No. 197, p. 74.

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