Lot 614
614
A JEWELLED GOLD, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
A JEWELLED GOLD, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1909, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 19351

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A JEWELLED GOLD, SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1909, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 19351
Rectangular, enamelled overall with alternating royal blue and scarlet red translucent stripes over wavy guilloché ground, the bead and laurel-chased borders enamelled in opaque white and translucent green, rose-cut diamond-set silver thumb-piece, marked inside cover and base, in the original velvet and silk-lined wood box stamped 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow, London' beneath the Imperial warrant
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Mrs. Neumann, acquired from Fabergé, London, 25 October 1909 for £55.10s and presumably by gift to
H.M. King Edward VII (1841-1910) and by gift or descent to his granddaughter,
H.R.H. The 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.

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Lot Essay

A similar two-colour gold and striped enamel photograph frame by Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström, is held in the Royal Collection. The photograph frame contains the image of H.M. King Edward VII's most successful racehorse, Persimmon, and is enamelled in red and blue, his racing colours. It was purchased by Queen Alexandra for H.M. King Edward VII for £70 from Fabergé, London (C. de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, p. 179, no. 224, RCIN 15168).

We are grateful to Dr. Valentin Skurlov for helping research the present lot.

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