ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, UNKNOWN WORKMASTER'S MARK IN CYRILLIC IP, POSSIBLY FOR IVAN PANFILOV

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A jewelled and enamelled gold cigarette-case
St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, unknown workmaster's mark in Cyrillic IP, possibly for Ivan Panfilov
Oblong, the hammered gold body applied on the cover with a circular translucent red champlevé enamel plaque with crowned initials BE and a silver sword with Russian inscription and with cabochon sapphire thumb-piece, the interior with later inscription, marked inside cover and base
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long
The inscription in Russian on a silver sword reads 'Za otlitchnuyu rubku'. The further inscription reads: 'From Arthur V Day. 8.5.45'.

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Lot Essay

Ivan Panfilov (b. 1870) is recorded as working in St. Petersburg between 1902-1917, and working for Fabergé.
(T. Fabergé, A. Gornia, V. Skurlov, Fabergé and Petersburg Jewellers, St. Petersburg, 1997, p. 132.)

The Cyrillic initials IP are also recorded as found in combination with Fabergé's mark (G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, London, 1988, p. 332).

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