Lot 484
  • 484

A Fabergé silver and enamel cigarette case, workmaster Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1908-1917

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver, gilding, enamel, sapphire
  • length: 10.5cm, 4 1/8 in.
the lid painted en plein after Victor Vasnetsov's Vityaz Na Rasputie (A Warrior at the Crossroads) within an arched reserve, both surfaces decorated in three registers with shaded cloisonné enamel stylised foliate forms and dotted diaper pattern, cabochon sapphire thumbpiece, gilt interior, struck K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant overstriking workmaster's initials, 88 standard, illegible scratched inventory number

Provenance

Inherited by the present owner from his grandfather.

Condition

Excellent condition. The scratched inventory number has been almost obscured with scratches.
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