A SUPERB ANTIQUE RUSSIAN
gilded silver and guilloche enamel ladies cigarette case
made in St. Petersburg between 1908 and 1917, by the 3rd Jewelers Artel (cooperative),
engraved with a wave pattern and covered with beautiful translucent pink enamel of very high quality.
Size 2 1/4 x 3 9/16 in. (5,6 x 9 cm).
According to the recently published Gold and Silversmiths in Russia 1600-1926, the 3rd Jewelers Artel (Nr. 4208 in the book) headed by Vasily Nikolaevich Ivanov, worked for the Faberge atelier. Artel was located at 48 Ekaterininsky Canal in St. Petersburg.
The 3rd Artel is also mentioned in the 1983 exhibition catalog FABERGE by A La Vieille Russie, as an independent cooperative of jewelers which did work for Faberge (page 151).
The Artel was established about 1908 and mainly produced high quality guilloche enamel objects like bellpushes, boxes, cigarette cases, match holders, and picture frames. Apparently, the 3rd Artel (similar to the 1st Silver Artel) retailed most of its pieces through the firm of Faberge.
Enamel is in exceptional condition which is rare for guilloche objects.
$25,000.00
The thumbpiece is set with rose-cut diamonds.
Marked with 88 zolotnik Russian Imperial standard (916 silver) and '3rdA' (in Cyrillic characters).
Faint traces of erased engraving on the reverse of the cover.
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