• Russian Works of Art, Importan auction at Christies

    Sale 3730

    Russian Works of Art, Important Silver and Objects of Vertu

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    20 May 2015

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    • A GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED, SILVER
    Lot 6

    A GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

    BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21854

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    USD 32,500

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    USD 15,000 - USD 20,000

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    A GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
    BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21854
    Étui-form, the body enameled overall in translucent white over a wavy guilloché ground, the cover with a pearl set border, with a gold laurel band on either side and cabochon moonstone push-piece, the inside cover inscribed in Russian '[To] Dear Georgy, [From] Petey', in associated wood, silk and velvet-lined case stamped in Russian 'K. Fabergé/ St. Petesburg, Moscow, Odessa, London', marked throughout; together with a framed reproduction of the original design
    3½ in. (9 cm.) high

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