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A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Vanity Case
Lot 233

A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Vanity Case

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908

Fermé24 April 2009

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A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Vanity Case
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of August Hollming, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908
Rectangular with rounded corners, enameled in translucent mauve over a wavy guilloché ground, opening to reveal three hinged compartments, the cover of one fitted with a mirror and ivory tablet, enclosing a foliate pierced hinged clasp, the edges set with moonstone push-pieces and a removable pencil with a moonstone finial, in the original silk and velvet lined case stamped, 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow, London,' fully marked inside
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long

Purchased A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1960s.
By direct descent to the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

For comparable vanity cases by August Hollming, see The Kazan Collection of Fabergé, Christie's, New York, April 15, 1997, lot 74 (M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, Paris, 1996, No. 106) and anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, April 19, 2002, lot 186.