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For a comparable pill box, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 284, No. 741, illustrated.
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PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PILL BOX
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18303
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A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PILL BOX
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18303
Of compressed circular form, the hinged cover and body enamelled in translucent light green over a radiating guilloché ground, the mount of the cover cast as laurel band, with thumb-piece set with rose-cut diamonds, the interior gilt, marked inside cover and base
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diameter
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18303
Of compressed circular form, the hinged cover and body enamelled in translucent light green over a radiating guilloché ground, the mount of the cover cast as laurel band, with thumb-piece set with rose-cut diamonds, the interior gilt, marked inside cover and base
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diameter
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