A Fabergé silver-gilt, varicoloured gold and enamel cigarette holder pendant, Fedor Afanassiev, St Petersburg, 1899-1908

A Fabergé silver-gilt, varicoloured gold and enamel cigarette holder pendant, Fedor Afanassiev, St Petersburg, 1899-1908

the pendant of cylindrical barrel form enamelled in lilac over a geometric engine-turned ground, within opaque white collars, with applied varicoloured gold swags surmounted by diamond-set bows, the bottom set with a single rose-cut diamond and opens to reveal the cigarette holder, correspondingly enamelled, set with a carved amber stem, struck with workmaster's initials FA in Cyrillic, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 16088

height with loop 6.6cm, 2⅝in.