AN IMPERIAL JEWELED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE CASE
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AN IMPERIAL JEWELED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE CASE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 10172
Details
Étui-form, the body enameled overall in translucent yellow over a wavy guilloché ground, the hinged cover with a seed-pearl band, the base and cover decorated with laurel-chased green gold bands, with a diamond-set push-piece, marked on rim and inside cover with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Jointly purchased by Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918) and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) from the St. Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 16 August 1904 for 225 roubles.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 1983, p. 65, no. 150 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, 22 April - 21 May 1983, no. 150.
Lot Essay
This beautifully enameled cigarette case was a joint purchase by Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Their respective households were each billed by Fabergé for 112.5 roubles, half the total purchase price of 225 roubles. The invoice illustrated here has the quantity noted as '1/2'. This was not an uncommon practice as some of the jointly purchased items were often presented as gifts to their extended family.
We are grateful to Dr. Dmitry Krivoshei for his assistance with the research of the present lot.
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1903-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 10172
Details
Étui-form, the body enameled overall in translucent yellow over a wavy guilloché ground, the hinged cover with a seed-pearl band, the base and cover decorated with laurel-chased green gold bands, with a diamond-set push-piece, marked on rim and inside cover with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Jointly purchased by Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918) and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) from the St. Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 16 August 1904 for 225 roubles.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 1983, p. 65, no. 150 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, 22 April - 21 May 1983, no. 150.
Lot Essay
This beautifully enameled cigarette case was a joint purchase by Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Their respective households were each billed by Fabergé for 112.5 roubles, half the total purchase price of 225 roubles. The invoice illustrated here has the quantity noted as '1/2'. This was not an uncommon practice as some of the jointly purchased items were often presented as gifts to their extended family.
We are grateful to Dr. Dmitry Krivoshei for his assistance with the research of the present lot.
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AN IMPERIAL JEWELED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE CASE
Estimate $30,000 - $40,000
Starting Price $15,000
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