Property from a Prominent Collection, Germany and United State꧂s
A Fabergé varicoloured gold and enamel cigarette case, workmaster Michael Perkhin, St Petersburg, 1899-1903
Auction Closed
November 28, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
in neoclassical taste, the surface of lemon cream-coloured opaque enamel within pink and green gold stripes and rays, the lid and base centred with a chased rosette, the borders chased with entrelac, the end with vesta compartment, modern tinder cord, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 56 standard
length 9.7cm; 3 7/8 in.
Sotheby’s London, November 2011, lot 595
For comparison, please see the cinnabar lacquered gold case from the collection of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna which sold, Sotheby's London, 30 November 2009, lot 18. Of the same form as the Maria Pavlovna case, the present lot translates traditional 18th century French lacquering techniques into enamel. A slightly variant example enamelled in opaque white is illustrated, A.K. Snowman, The Art of Karl Fabergé, 1952, no. 103.
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