CIGARETTE BOX
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , R. D. (Workmaster)
Currently in storage
About this object
The cover has an all-over picture of a battle scene in repoussé. On the foreground is a large cannon and a nurse attending a wounded soldier. In the background is cavalry at the left charging a trench or bastion at the right. The back is plain. There is a repair at the lower left of the cover. The inside only is gilded.
- Object name:
- CIGARETTE BOX
- Made from:
- Silver -- gilding
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1914-1917
- Size:
- 1.9 × 10.8 × 8.9 cm (3/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.378
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK kokoshnik to the right (1908-1917); 84 (silver standard); Fabergé marks; RD in Cyrillic for the silversmith [Interior]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973