Lot 20
  • 20

A Fabergé gilded silver and guilloché enamel cigarette case, workmaster August Hollming, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • gilded silver, enamel, diamonds
  • length 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
of oval section, enameled in translucent ivory over a moiré-patterned engine-turned ground, the hinged cover with diamond-set thumbpiece, struck with workmaster's initials, Fabergé in Cyrillic, 88 standard, also with scratched inventory number 21417 or 21411F on flange

Condition

overall excellent condition; one tiny pinpoint loss to enamel at one side
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