Decorative Arts & Design
Cigarette Case
Permanent ExhibitionMetalwork
Details
- Author / creator
- House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
- Object type
- Metalwork
- Date or period
- 1911
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 10.2 cm
- Maker or workshop
- House of Fabergé
- Period / style
- Art Nouveau
- Place of origin
- Russian
- Acquisition method
- Donation
- Credit line
- Gift of Sir Frederick Ashcombe, 2021
About this object
Fabergé offered variations of a cigarette case model such as this example, using different materials, surface treatments, and ornamentation. Accommodating individual clients’ wishes, the firm would also add a family insignia or additional decoration. The finely ridged surface demonstrates the superb handling of the precious metal by August Hollming, a Finnish master who worked for Fabergé in Saint Petersburg.
Materials and technique
Silver, ruby, textile
Signature and marks
Signed with initials of the workmaster August Hollming (active 1880-1913)
