A Fabergé Rose Cut Diamond-Mounted Engraved Gold Cigarette Case. Fabergé, Workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Peters...

Description

A Fabergé Rose Cut Diamond-Mounted Engraved Gold Cigarette Case
Fabergé, Workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, circa 1900, with scratched Inventory number 24997
2-1/2 x 3-5/8 x 0-5/8 inches (6.3 x 9.2 x 1.6 cm)
119 grams (3.82 troy ounces)

PROVENANCE:
Christie's London, Russian Art, June 3, 2013, lot 207;
Private Collection, California, acquired from the above.


This gold case is recorded as having been with Fabergé at the time of the confiscation of the firm's stock in 1918. It is listed at a value of 590 rubles. This design was a popular one, and Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm's "Fabergé, the Twilight Years", illustrates a design drawing published for this work on page 74, identified with inventory number 14740. Another directly related case in the McFerrin Collection, Houston, TX, (Coll. No. 33, illus "snowflake" p. 46)

Heritage Auctions is grateful to Valentin Skurlov and Anna and Vincent Palmade for their assistance in the research of this lot.


Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000.

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