A Rare and Important Jewelled Three-Colour Gold and Guilloché Enamel Imperial Presentation Snuff-Box
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1978, THE PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY VASILII ZUEV
A Rare and Important Jewelled Three-Colour Gold and Guilloché Enamel Imperial Presentation Snuff-Box Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström St Petersburg, 1908-1917, scratched inventory number 1978, the portrait miniature by Vasilii Zuev Rectangular with cut corners, the hinged cover centred with a watercolour on ivory miniature of Emperor Nicholas II, in the uniform of the Preobrazhenskii Regiment (pattern 1907), within diamond-set surround surmounted by a diamond-set Imperial crown with further diamond below, on a royal blue wavy guilloché ground within a reeded gold and opaque white champlevé enamelled frame, the two-colour gold borders chased with translucent oyster pink enamelled flowerheads, trailing foliage, reeded scrolls and acanthus leaves, the corners set with diamonds and oyster enamelled beads, the sides and pilasters similarly enamelled with boldly chased acanthus and translucent oyster enamelled flowerhead borders, marked inside and on flange 3 x 2¼ in. (7.6 x 5.7 cm.)
A Rare and Important Jewelled Three-Colour Gold and Guilloché Enamel Imperial Presentation Snuff-Box
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1978, THE PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY VASILII ZUEV
A Rare and Important Jewelled Three-Colour Gold and Guilloché Enamel Imperial Presentation Snuff-Box Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Henrik Wigström St Petersburg, 1908-1917, scratched inventory number 1978, the portrait miniature by Vasilii Zuev Rectangular with cut corners, the hinged cover centred with a watercolour on ivory miniature of Emperor Nicholas II, in the uniform of the Preobrazhenskii Regiment (pattern 1907), within diamond-set surround surmounted by a diamond-set Imperial crown with further diamond below, on a royal blue wavy guilloché ground within a reeded gold and opaque white champlevé enamelled frame, the two-colour gold borders chased with translucent oyster pink enamelled flowerheads, trailing foliage, reeded scrolls and acanthus leaves, the corners set with diamonds and oyster enamelled beads, the sides and pilasters similarly enamelled with boldly chased acanthus and translucent oyster enamelled flowerhead borders, marked inside and on flange 3 x 2¼ in. (7.6 x 5.7 cm.)
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