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A GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL GOLD CIGARETTE CASE
A GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL GOLD CIGARETTE CASE
A GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL GOLD CIGARETTE CASE
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A Treasured History: The Stream Family Collection
A GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL GOLD CIGARETTE CASE

BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1911, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21783

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A GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL GOLD CIGARETTE CASE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1911, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21783
Rectangular, the gold body decorated overall with a floral trellis design in opaque white enamel, within laurel-chased borders enameled in translucent green, centering a vacant oval cartouche within a green enamel band, engraved inside cover with a later dedication inscription in Latin ‘Eileenae donum dedit Galfridus / Jul: MDCCCCXXV’, marked inside cover with ‘Fabergé’ in Cyrillic and workmaster’s initials
3 ½ in. (8.8 cm.) wide
Literature
W. Fagaly, N. Raacke, Treasures by Peter Carl Fabergé and other Master Jewellers. The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection, 1979, no. 82 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

The design of the present cigarette case is featured in the album of completed pieces by Henrik Wigström, numbered ‘12447’ and dated '24.XI.1911' (see U. Tillander-Godenhielm et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, p. 160, pl. 137).

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