A Fabergé jewelled silver and guilloché enamel presentation cigarette case, workmaster Anders Nevalainen, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

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Property from a Private Collection, USA

A Fabergé jewelled silver and guilloché enamel presentation cigarette case, workmaster Anders Nevalainen, St Petersburg, 1899-1903

Rectangular with rounded corners enamelled translucent lilac over a sunburst guilloché ground, the cover applied with a diamond-set initial 'W' beneath a crown presumably for Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, with gold-set cabochon sapphire thumbpiece, the interior gilded, contained within a fitted velvet and silk box from Berlin retailer Johann Wagner & Sohn, marked with initials of workmaster and K. Fabergé in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 7394

Length 8.6 cm, 3 3/8 in.

Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 2009, lot 288
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

A nephrite cigarette case by Michael Perchin, which is also decorated with the cypher of Kaiser Wilhelm II is held in the collection of the Fabergé Museum in St Petersburg. For more information, please see https://fabergemuseum.ru/en/collections/collection-highlights/cigarette-case-with-the-cypher-of-kaiser-wilhelm-ii-perchin