Sale 7734
London
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9 June 2009
Price realised
GBP 6,250
Estimate
A jewelled gold-mounted silver cigarette-case marked Fabergé with the Imperial warrant, workmaster's mark of Anders Nevalainen, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917 Rectangular, engraved with a band of reeded circles at each side of the cover and base, the cover applied in the central reserve with a badge of the 1st battery of the 12th Artillery Brigade and the dates '1885 1915', the interior engraved with signatures, marked inside cover 3 5/8 in. (9.8 cm.) long
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