Fabergé, Gold Boxes, Vertu & Imperial Works of Art
28 November 2023• London
Lot 103
A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel cigarette case, Rückert, Moscow, circa 1890
Estimate:
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Description
the surface enamelled throughout with scrolling foliage and flowers in shaded pink, blue green, yellow, and translucent green over an opaque white ground, within powder blue borders similarly enamelled in a conforming style, with a cabochon ruby push-piece, struck with workmaster's initials, 88 standard
Provenance
Christie's Geneva, 26 April 1978, lot 182
Christie’s London, 3 June 2013, lot 248
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