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A silver-gilt and enamel presentation cigarette boxFabergé workmaster August Holmström, St. Petersburg, before 1899 image 1
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A silver-gilt and enamel presentation cigarette boxFabergé workmaster August Holmström, St. Petersburg, before 1899 image 4
Lot 91*

A silver-gilt and enamel presentation cigarette box
Fabergé workmaster August Holmström, St. Petersburg, before 1899

27 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £37,500 inc. premium

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A silver-gilt and enamel presentation cigarette box

Fabergé workmaster August Holmström, St. Petersburg, before 1899
shaped rectangular with rounded corners, the surface enamelled translucent yellow over engine-turned ground, one cover applied with roundel enamelled champlevé in Cyrillic "From Comrades of the Imperial Horseguards [to] Lieutenant AA Knyazhevich, 1890-1897", the other cover centred with figure on horse against blue champlevé ground within wreath, the hinged sides released with cabochon sapphire pushpiece to reveal gilt interior engraved in Cyrillic with names of donors including: Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich, Adjutant General Baron Friedricks, further prominent names and serving officers, 88 standard
height: 9.4cm (3 11/16in).

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PROVENANCE
Baroness Hoenning O'Carroll
Thence by descent to the present owner

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