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Description: | Artist: Fabergé, Carl, maker - (1846-1920); Date(s): or earlier 1908; Classification(s): boxes, cigarette case; Acquisition: given by Tillotson, John, 1981-04-27, Given by John Tillotson in memory of the late Peter Carter [M.11 & A-1981]
Description: birch wood and gold; rectangular with rounded corners. The lid has a concealed hinge and fits flush with the top of the sides, except in the middle of the front where there is a projecting thumbpiece. About 4 cm from each end the box is encircled by a series of interlocking chased gold circular garlands. The fitted case (A) (probably original) is of maple-wood with a cream velvet linging to the lower part and cream silk to the lid. The lining is stamped in gold with the Imperial eagle and in cyrillic latters Fabergé / St Petersburg Moscow London | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Fabergé Carl boxes cigarette case | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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