Jewelled GoldMounted SilverGilt and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 3563 length: 9.5 cm

Exhibitions: Fabergé, a loan exhibition for the benefit of The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian National Museum of Design, 22 April - 21 May 21 1983, no. 190

A silver-gilt cigarette case of rectangular form oval in section, enamelled in translucent lilac over a guilloché ground, applied with red gold stripes chased with laurel leaf-tips and entrelac banding; with a hinged match compartment and a silk tinder slide; set with a diamond-set finial and a diamond push-piece.