CIGARETTE BOX

Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , R. D. (Workmaster)

Currently in storage

About this object

The cover has an all-over picture of a battle scene in repoussé. On the foreground is a large cannon and a nurse attending a wounded soldier. In the background is cavalry at the left charging a trench or bastion at the right. The back is plain. There is a repair at the lower left of the cover. The inside only is gilded.

Object name:

CIGARETTE BOX

Made from:

Silver -- gilding

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1914-1917

Size:

1.9 × 10.8 × 8.9 cm (3/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

12.378

Class:

SILVER

Signature marks:

MARK kokoshnik to the right (1908-1917); 84 (silver standard); Fabergé marks; RD in Cyrillic for the silversmith [Interior]

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973