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A Fabergé jewelled gold and champlevé enamel cigarette case, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
Estimate:
9,000
to
- 12,000 GBPProperty of a Gentleman
A Fabergé jewelled gold and champlevé enamel cigarette case, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
rectangular, the body enamelled with guilloché gold bands, alternating with opaque blue and white stripes, with an opaque white enamel geometric band, with rose-cut diamond-set thumbpiece, struck underneath the lid Fabergé in Cyrillic, with workmaster’s initials, 56 standard, with scratched inventory number 25830
length 9.4cm, 3 7/10in.
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For a similarly enamelled cigarette case by Henrik Wigström, please see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, n. 541, p. 218 listed and illustrated.