A Fabergé varicoloured gold cigar case, workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1896-1907

rectangular, the main body rose-gold, decorated with green gold laurel wreaths along the border ribbon-tied in rose-gold, the acanthus wreath along the horizontal borders and the oval center, with green-gold rosettes throughout, rose-cut diamond-set thumbpiece, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, scratched inventory number 26053, 56 standard

13.3 by 6.7 by 2.7 cm; 5¼by 2¾by 1 in.