A GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANDERS (ANTTI) NEVALAINEN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular with rounded corners, the silver samorodok body applied with a gold serpent, with a cabochon-garnet thumb-piece, the interior gilt, marked inside base and on snake with 'K. Fabergé' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant and workmaster's initials
4 1⁄4 in. (10.8 cm.) wide
A GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANDERS (ANTTI) NEVALAINEN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular with rounded corners, the silver samorodok body applied with a gold serpent, with a cabochon-garnet thumb-piece, the interior gilt, marked inside base and on snake with 'K. Fabergé' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant and workmaster's initials
4 1⁄4 in. (10.8 cm.) wide