Gold and Enamel Cigar Case by Fabergé

workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903 workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 72 zolotniks length: 10.6 cm

Exhibitions:

Fabergé, a loan exhibition, A la Vieille Russie, New York, 1983, no. 200

Fabergé, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, no. 478

Fabergé in America, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 February - 28 April 1996, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 25 May - 28 July 1996, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 24 August3 November 1996, New Orleans Museum of Art, 7 December 1996 - 9 February 1997, Cleveland

Museum of Art, 12 March - 11 May 1997, no. 320

Literature:

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé, Munich, 1986, p. 241-242, no. 478 (illustrated)

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, p. 290, no. 320 (illustrated)

A gold cigar case of tubular form decorated with alternating bands of red guilloché enamel and bands of chased gold laurel leaves; the top and base are both adorned with a gold rosette; set with a single diamond push-piece.