Lot Essay
For a comparable cigarette case in blue enamel, see D. McFerrin, ed., From a Snowflake to an Iceberg: The McFerrin Collection, Houston, 2013, p. 57.
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MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9290
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A JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND GOLD CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9290
Rectangular, both hinged sides enamelled in emerald green over a sunburst guilloché ground, the cover applied with two crossed rose-cut diamond-set lines, centring an old-cut diamond, with a diamond-set push-piece, marked inside cover and base
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9290
Rectangular, both hinged sides enamelled in emerald green over a sunburst guilloché ground, the cover applied with two crossed rose-cut diamond-set lines, centring an old-cut diamond, with a diamond-set push-piece, marked inside cover and base
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 1 May 1974, lot 214.
Collection S. Bulgari, Rome (label inside base).
Property of Princess Ismene Chigi Della Rovere; Sotheby's, London, 15 March 2016, lot 217.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
Collection S. Bulgari, Rome (label inside base).
Property of Princess Ismene Chigi Della Rovere; Sotheby's, London, 15 March 2016, lot 217.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
Literature
G. von Habsburg and A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Court Jeweler to the Tsars, Fribourg, 1979, pl. 86.
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