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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1164
Details
A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED WOODEN CIGARETTE CASE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1164
Rectangular, with rounded corners, the palisander wood body applied with a sphinx within a green gold laurel wreath, with hinged cover and base decorated with chased laurel bands and anthemion-flanked rosettes, with a moonstone push-piece, marked on mounts with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
3 3⁄8 in. (8.5 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1164
Rectangular, with rounded corners, the palisander wood body applied with a sphinx within a green gold laurel wreath, with hinged cover and base decorated with chased laurel bands and anthemion-flanked rosettes, with a moonstone push-piece, marked on mounts with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
3 3⁄8 in. (8.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Robert Strauss Collection; Christie's, London, 9 March 1976, lot 11.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 April 2012, lot 350.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 April 2012, lot 350.
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