A Fabergé Strawberry Red Guilloché Enameled Silver Cigarette Case. Fabergé, Workmaster August Hollming, St. Pete...

Description

A Fabergé Strawberry Red Guilloché Enameled Silver Cigarette Case
Fabergé, Workmaster August Hollming, St. Petersburg, circa 1900, with scratched inventory number 9827
2-1/2 x 3-1/4 x 0-1/2 inches (6.3 x 8.3 x 1.3 cm)
136 grams (4.37 troy ounces)

PROVENANCE:
The Antique Enamel Company, London;
Private Collection, California, acquired from the above.


The offered lot, with it exceptional strawberry-red enamel is one of a series of at least five enameled cigarette cases by Hollming from this period.

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


Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000.

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