A Fabergé Diamond-Set and Gold-Mounted Nephrite Cigarette Case. Fabergé, Workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersb...

Description

A Fabergé Diamond-Set and Gold-Mounted Nephrite Cigarette Case
Fabergé, Workmaster Henrik Wigström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 20511
3-1/4 x 2 x 0-1/2 inches (8.3 x 5.1 x 1.3 cm)
70 grams (2.25 troy ounces)

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, US;
Private Collection, California, acquired from the above.

A nephrite case of similar form by workmaster Michael Perchin was sold Christie's London, Russian Art, November 28, 2016, lot 238. The offered lot by Perchin's successor Wigström bears the inventory number 20511. Recent research noted that the sequential inventory number 20512 is also a Wigström cigarette case.

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


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

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