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A GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 30

A GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908

Closed16 April 2012

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A GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908
Étui-form, the body enameled in translucent red over a chevron ground, the ends mounted with chased and engraved laurel bands, the hinged cover set with band of pearls, with ruby cabochon push-piece, marked inside
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high

Specialist note

The design for a comparable cigarette case is illustrated in U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al, Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, p. 55, pl. 129.