No connection to server
308
1478672

A jeweled gold pendant locker, with a cigarette holder, St. Petersburg 1908-1917.

Estimate
12 000 - 15 000 SEK
1 070 - 1 340 EUR
1 100 - 1 370 USD
Hammer price
60 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Carl Barkman
Stockholm
Carl Barkman
Head Specialist Fine Art and Antiques
+46 (0)708 92 19 71
A jeweled gold pendant locker, with a cigarette holder, St. Petersburg 1908-1917.

Shaped as an acorn, the top set with rose-cut diamonds opens to reveal a flexible cigarette holder. All parts marked with city, Cyrillic makers initials: V.G. [в.г.] and 56 standard. Length 3,5; total length of the holder 5,5 cm, weight 23,5 gram.

Literature

Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm: Jewels from Imperial St. Petersburg, Helsinki 2012, page 292.

More information

The workmaster initials may be that of the jeweler and goldsmith Vladimir Gordon, active in St Petersburg from 1890s-1917. He collaborated with Bolin and Fabergé and was purveyor to Grand Duchess Olga Aleksandrovna and Prince Petr Aleksandrovich of Oldenburg.