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A JEWELLED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 244 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION 

A JEWELLED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1902, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16989

Closed3 June 2013

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A JEWELLED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1902, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16989
Rectangular with rounded corners, the cover repoussé with Father Frost's profile, in a snowy landscape, set with diamonds, the interior inscribed in Russian 'To a friend Needs to understand! 19-XII-02.' and engraved with a hedgehog, with cabochon sapphire push-piece, marked inside cover and base
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide
3.95 oz. (122.8 gr) gross

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 17 November 1983, lot 349.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.