Live Auction 11996Russian Art
A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 210

A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16892

Closed6 June 2016

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A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16892
Étui-form, the body enamelled overall in translucent oyster white over a wavy guilloché ground, the body decorated with border further enamelled in translucent emerald green over a diamond guilloché ground, applied with flowering laurel garlands at intervals, all within chased green gold laurel bands, with a ruby-set push-piece, marked throughout
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high

Purchased from the London branch of Fabergé by Mrs Claude Watney (1868-1938) on 24 December 1910 for £29.

Specialist note

Ada Annie Watney and her husband Claude, who was appointed Director of his family's brewing company Watney and Co. in 1898, owned 'High Elms' in Hertfordshire, which they renamed Gaston in the 1890s. The couple was known for their fast cars and horses; Ada Watney was one of London’s best known lady motorists and owned a Pipe, a Panhard and a Mercedes.

We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.