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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 129

A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 10122

Closed6 June 2011

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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 10122
Étui form, the hinged cover and base mounted with green gold acanthus-chased borders, with cabochon ruby thumb-piece, marked on rim and inside cover
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high

Sotheby's, New York, 06 December 1995, lot 435.
Christie's, New York, 20 October 1998, lot 36.

Specialist note

For a similar gold-mounted nephrite cigarette case by Fabergé with the inventory number 10121, see Christie's, New York, The Kazan Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé, 15 April 1997, lot 44 and Sotheby's, London, 9 June 2010, lot 660.