A silver-gilt rectangular hinged spring-loaded card case overall decorated with salmon pink enamel over a guilloché moiré ground; the top and bottom edges mounted with gold laurel-chased bands, the lid further trimmed with a gold border set with seed pearls; fitted with an old cut diamond push-piece. Fully hallmarked inside the lid and on the rim at the opening.
Fabergé Gold-Mounted Silver-Gilt and Enamel Card Case
Fabergéreference number: FB_082
St Petersburg, 1899-1903
silver-gilt, gold, enamel, pearls
length: 9 cm
maker’s mark: Fabergé in Cyrillic
workmaster’s mark: Cyrillic initials M.P. for Mikhail Perkhin
assay master’s mark: Cyrillic initials Ya.L. for Yakov Lyapunov
silver standard: 88 zolotnik; gold standard: 56 zolotnik