Jewelled Gold-Mounted Silver-Gilt and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1908 workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, silver mark of 88 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 14013 length: 8.5 cm

Provenance:

The Kazan Collection

Lord Ivar Mountbatten

Exhibitions:

Fabergé Hofjuwelier de Zaren, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 5 December 1986 –22 February 1987, no. 464

Literature:

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé Hofjuwelier de Zaren, Munich, 1986, no. 478, p. 236 (illustrated)

M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé: La Collection William Kazan, Paris, 1996, illustrated p. 104

A silver-gilt cigarette case decorated with translucent salmon enamel over a guilloché ground engraved with polka dots and ribbon-tied flower swags, mounted with gold laurel borders; the hinged cover set with a seed-pearl border; with a diamond push-piece.