A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 205

A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1911, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 22565

Closed28 November 2011

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A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1911, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 22565
Oblong, of oval section, enamelled throughout in translucent pink over a wavy guilloché ground within gilt borders, the hinged cover with a diamond-set thumb-piece, the interior gilt, with integral vesta compartment, marked inside cover, base, and cover of vesta compartment, also with English import marks for 1911
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long

Purchased by Mrs Horlick from Fabergé's London branch on 5 August 1913 for £27.
Christie's, New York, 21 April 1998, lot 64.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.