Jewelled Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case by Fabergé

workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908-1917 workmaster’s initials and Fabergé hallmark, gold mark of 56 zolotniks, scratched Fabergé inventory no. 19274 length: 8.5 cm

A gold lady’s cigarette case with a hinged cover and a diamond pushpiece, overall enamelled in translucent blue over a striped guilloché ground with ribbon-tied floral swags; the lid and the base mounted with gold bands of laurel leaves; the gold rim decorated with a laurel-leaf band over an opaque white enamel ground and two pearl-set bezels; contained in its original holly wood case, with the inside lid satin stamped ‘Fabergé, St Petersburg, Moscow, London’.