A JEWELLED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 259

A JEWELLED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

Closed26 November 2012

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GBP 11,250

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A JEWELLED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Rectangular with rounded corners, the cover repoussé with a circular reserve centring the Imperial double-headed eagle, above the Russian inscription 'War 1914*1915', gilt interior, with cabochon garnet push-piece, the interior of the base inscribed 'To our dear son Ray with our best love and wishes 19th Oct 1917. Petrograd', the exterior of the base further inscribed 'Mother Father', marked inside cover and base, in the original silk and velvet-lined wood fitted case stamped in Russian 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow, London'
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) wide
3.98 oz. (123.7 gr.) gross

Acquired by Fountain Charles Bolton in Russia before the Revolution.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Fountain Charles Bolton was the manager of the Moscow branch of W. J. Bush & Co, a manufacturing chemist founded between 1850 and 1851.