Oblong, realistically carved as a potato, the gold-mounted hinged cover with a fleur-de-lys clasp at the front, marked throughout with workmaster’s initials
3³⁄₄ in. (9.5 cm.) long

By repute, King Farouk I of Egypt (1920-1965).
Christian de Guigné II (1889-1927), thence by descent until sold,
The De Guigné Collection; Christie’s, New York, 24 March 2016, lot 101.

Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Russian Imperial Court, San Francisco, 1964, p. 29, no. 44 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé in America, New York, 1996, p. 51, no. 33 (illustrated).
I. Collins, Fabergé: from St. Petersburg to Sandringham, Norwich, 2017, p. 17 (illustrated).

San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Russian Imperial Court, 1964, no. 44.
San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fabergé in America, 25 May - 28 July 1996, no. 33.
Norwich, Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, Fabergé: from St. Petersburg to Sandringham, 14 October 2017 – 11 February 2018.

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