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A JEWELED GOLD CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 7 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED MIDWEST PRIVATE COLLECTION

A JEWELED GOLD CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18946

Closed15 April 2013

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A JEWELED GOLD CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 18946
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover repoussé and chased with stylized fern fronds, with cabochon push-piece, marked inside base, in the original silk-lined fitted case, together with a framed letter from the son of the recipient
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide (2)

Purchased from Fabergé by Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918) and Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), November 30, 1900.
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868-1927).
Mr. A. Libbenham.
Wartski, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000.

Specialist note

This cigarette case was presented to Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, Her Majesty Queen Mary's (1867-1953) brother. The lot includes a letter dated June 23, 1929 presumably written by the recipient's son, George Cambridge (1895-1981), which reads, 'Libbenham, My mother sorted some of my father's things out about two months before she died and she wanted you to have the enclosed cigarette case in memory of him. Cambridge'. The accompanying envelope is addressed to 'Mr. A. Libbenham The Esplanade Hotel Aldeborough Suffolk'.