CIGARETTE CASE
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Anders Nevalainen (Workmaster)
Currently in storage
About this object
The cigarette case is made in a cylinder shape, which opens lengthwise with a cabochon ruby thumb piece. The exterior has been chased in a ribbed pattern with five ribs wider at one end alternating with ribs wider at the opposite. The hinge is concealed. The interior is gilded and has hooks for elastic holders, one of which remains.
- Object name:
- CIGARETTE CASE
- Made from:
- Silver -- ruby
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1908-1917
- Size:
- 9.1 × 3.3 cm (3 9/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.594
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK 88 for silver content; kokoshnik facing right (1908-1917); alpha for St. Petersburg; K. Fabergé in Cyrillic [Inside] MARK A. N. for Anders Nevalainen [On both sides] SCRATCH NUMBER 17591 [Inside]
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase, 1990