A Fabergé silver-mounted wood table cigar box, workmaster Anders (Antti) Nevalainen, St. Petersburg, 1898-1908

rectangular, the case veneered with birch, the hinged cover applied with scrolling floral mounts, centered with a cast and chased oval with the central elements of the Russian Imperial Seal (Gosudarstvennyi gerb), the rim with ribbon-tied reeded mounts and the base with beaded mount, struck with workmaster's initials, Fabergé in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant, 84 standard

some wear to underside and interior consistent with age and use
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