A GEM-SET THREE-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL NEPHRITE CIGAR CUTTER

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16482

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A GEM-SET THREE-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL NEPHRITE CIGAR CUTTER
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1903-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16482
The nephrite base applied with the monogram of H.M. King Edward VII, the upper part with a salmon pink guilloché enamelled plaques decorated with sepia laurels, within green gold laurel-chased borders, the rose gold top applied with a cabochon chalcedony, marked on mount
5¼ in. (13.2 cm) long

Provenance

Lord Revelstoke, purchased from Fabergé's London branch on 9 October 1908 for £32, and then presumably by gift to H.M. King Edward VII (1841-1910) and by gift or descent to his granddaughter H.R.H. Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

Exhibited

Yorkshire, Harewood House, Royal Harewood: Fabergé Exhibition, 31 March to 30 September 2012.

Sale Room Notice

Please note the present lot has additional provenance to that in the printed catalogue.
It was originally purchased by Lord Revelstoke from Fabergé's London branch on 9 October 1908, presumably as a gift to H.M. King Edward VII.

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