A Fabergé four-colour gold vesta case, workmaster: Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890

the oval section body finely chased with floral garlands and foliate scrolls, with hinged lid and striking base, with workmaster's initials, 56 standard, in a Fabergé fitted red leather case

Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé Hofjuwelier de Zaren, 5 December 1986 - 22 February 1987, cat. no. 148
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé-Cartier Rivalen am Zarenhof, 28 November 2003 - 12 April 2004, cat. no. 76

Géza von Habsburg, Fabergé Hofjuwelier de Zaren, Munich, 1986, p. 150
Géza von Habsburg, Fabergé-Cartier Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, p. 169

Very light surface scratches but in overall very good condition.
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The shape and decoration of this vesta case is based upon the upper section of Louis XVI period etui à cire. Michael Perchin used similarly elegant Louis XVI-style chasing on a patch box that was given by Emperor Nicholas II and his consort, Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, to the Duchess of York (later Queen Mary) in 1894 (British Royal Collection, RCIN 9133, see Caroline de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, cat no. 147, p. 131).