* SILVER CIGARETTE CASE.
By FABERGÉ, St. Petersburg, circa 1913.
Of rectangular form, rounded on the corners with chased decoration of horizontal flutes, the hinged lid is decorated with a commemorative silver coin with the profiles of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsar Michael I, in a pink gold frame, the opening rose gold socket is set with a cabochon sapphire, vermeil interior. Slight wear and tear.
Goldsmith's hallmarks: ?A?????: (Fabergé).
L. : 8,5 cm - W. : 1,7 cm - D. : 6,5 cm.
Gross weight : 128 g.
Provenance : present offered on the occasion of the celebrations of the tricentenary of the Romanoff (1613-1913), celebrated throughout the year 1913.
Reference : see a similar model by its shape and size, decorated with a medal with the profile of Nicolas II in the collection of Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation, presented during the exhibition organized at the New Orleans Museum of Art in 1993 and illustrated in the catalogue written by John Webster Keef, page 72
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