cigarette case

Lot 6546 limit € 8.000

Silver, gilded, marked in Russian, St. Petersburg, master Henrik Wigström (1884-1923), design 1913, purity mark 88, rectangular body with slanted sides, red enamel on the front and back over a wavy engine-turned background, in the middle a Russian double-headed eagle framed by the dates 1613 and 1913 (300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty), designed with approx. 76 diamonds and a garnet, pusher decorated with further diamonds and a sapphire cabochon, minor signs of wear, enamel with minor scratches, overall good condition, ca. 1.5 x 10 x 5 cm, Henrik Wigström had been the workshop manager at Fabergé since 1903