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A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 226

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

Closed28 November 2011

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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 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.