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Lot 232 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 2569
Closed30 November 2015
Price Realised
GBP 32,500
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Alfred William Fortescue Knox (1870-1964) was the military attaché in the British embassy in Russia from 1911 to 1918. At the outbreak of the First World War, he became a liaison officer to the Russian Army and was with the Russian field forces between 1914-1918. From 1918 to 1920 he was head of the British military mission in Siberia.
On his return to England he published With the Russian Army: 1914-1917 (1921) which contained a detailed account of his time in the First World War and the Russian Revolution. In the 1924 General Election he was elected as a Member of Parliament and held his seat through subsequent general elections until 1945.
We are grateful to Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.
On his return to England he published With the Russian Army: 1914-1917 (1921) which contained a detailed account of his time in the First World War and the Russian Revolution. In the 1924 General Election he was elected as a Member of Parliament and held his seat through subsequent general elections until 1945.
We are grateful to Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.