Lot 558: A Fabergé jewelled gold ladies' cigarette case, workmaster August Holmström, St Petersburg, circa 1890-95

rounded rectangular, the lid applied with a spray of cabochon sapphire flowers with diamond-set leaves, the base with initials GD , cabochon ruby thumbpiece, struck with workmaster's initials, 56 standard

width: 8.3cm, 3 1/4 in

Compare with the jewelled gold Holmström box formerly in the collection of Princess Irene of Prussia, sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, which sold, Sotheby's New York, 5 December 1997, lot 333, and the box illustrated, G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 601, p. 247 (the correct caption no. 602).