A rare Fabergé mother-of-pearl cigarette case with two-colour gold mounts, workmaster Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

in rococo taste, the lid applied with gold cipher WA for Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, the whole overlaid with gold scrolls and flowers, the ends with trellis pattern, silver-gilt interior, struck with workmaster's initials and Fabergé in Cyrillic, 84 standard

Excellent condition. This object is in a remarkable state of preservation, with the mother-of-pearl retaining its original lustre. Right side with barely perceptible age crack. One pin lacking from left side.
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Mother-of-pearl objects are rare in Fabergé's production.  The nearest comparable for this object is the upright cigarette case, also by Perchin, illustrated, G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Hofjuwelier der Zaren, 1986, no. 275, p. 180.