Circular, enamelled overall in translucent raspberry over a moiré guilloché ground, the hinged cover surmounted by a pearl, the thumb-piece set with rose-cut diamonds, interior gilt, marked inside cover and base with 'K. Fabergé' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant
1³⁄₄ in. (4.5 cm.) diameter

Purchased by John Baring, 2nd Lord Revelstoke (1863-1929), from the London branch of Fabergé on 21 November 1910 for £9.10s.

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John Baring, 2nd Lord Revelstoke (1863-1929) was an important British financier who was a senior partner at his family firm Barings Bank as well as the director of the Bank of England (1898-1929). Lord Revelstoke was actively involved in financing the allied governments during the First World War and served as the minister-plenipotentiary and deputy head of the British mission to the allied conference at Petrograd in 1917. He was also frequent buyer at the Fabergé London branch.