Live Auction 7905Russian Art
A Jewelled Two-Colour Gold-Mounted Guilloché Enamel Cigarette Case
Lot 212

A Jewelled Two-Colour Gold-Mounted Guilloché Enamel Cigarette Case

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21849

Closed29 November 2010

Price Realised

GBP 8,125

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

A Jewelled Two-Colour Gold-Mounted Guilloché Enamel Cigarette Case
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917, scratched inventory number 21849
Rectangular of oval section, with laurel-chased green gold mounts to the ends and set with a band of seed-pearls around the spring-hinged cover, enamelled in translucent pink over a wavy guilloché ground, with cabochon moonstone push-piece, marked inside cover, mounts and base
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

Henrik Wigström's design book includes a drawing for a nearly identical pink enamelled cigarette case with scratched inventory number 12371 and dated 9 June 1911. See U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al, Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, p. 54, pl. 129.