Faberge cigarette cases

[shredder]

NJS, another source worth contacting is the Forbes Museum in NY. Their collection is focussed on eggs, but as any F collection tend to do, it includes other creations. Over breakfast this morning, I was flipping through one of the F books by GvH, hoping to find the curved blue one but had no luck. Good luck in your search.
s

[marcelo]

NJS, another source worth contacting is the Forbes Museum in NY. Their collection is focussed on eggs, but as any F collection tend to do, it includes other creations. Over breakfast this morning, I was flipping through one of the F books by GvH, hoping to find the curved blue one but had no luck. Good luck in your search.
s

Such a coincidence... over breakfast this morning I had a similar idea, namely to peruse the 3-volume catalogue of Sotheby’s showing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s collections. He possessed, indeed, some beautiful cigarette cases, but none with the specifications referred to in this tread.

[shredder]

NJS, another source worth contacting is the Forbes Museum in NY. Their collection is focussed on eggs, but as any F collection tend to do, it includes other creations. Over breakfast this morning, I was flipping through one of the F books by GvH, hoping to find the curved blue one but had no luck. Good luck in your search.
s

Such a coincidence... over breakfast this morning I had a similar idea, namely to peruse the 3-volume catalogue of Sotheby’s showing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s collections. He possessed, indeed, some beautiful cigarette cases, but none with the specifications referred to in this tread.

That's funny. Scrambled eggs, enamelled eggs... it was just too many eggs in the morning.

[NJS]

And every one a double-yolker - sunny-side-up!! I normally find that I have devilled kidneys in the morning...
NJS

[Jordan Marc]

NJS:

There are two books on Faberge jewellery well worth adding to your collection. The first is THE JEWEL ALBUM OF TSAR NICOLAS II
by Alexander von Solodkoff, published by Ermitage London 1997. No cigarette cases but oodles of Faberge cufflinks. The second is
THE FABERGE CASE, subtitled FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JOHN TRAINA. This was published by Harry N. Abrams in New
York in 1998. Both titles are elaborately illustrated. While neither is still in print, you shouldn't have any trouble finding both
through a good book specialist.

JMB

[storeynicholas]

NJS:

There are two books on Faberge jewellery well worth adding to your collection. The first is THE JEWEL ALBUM OF TSAR NICOLAS II
by Alexander von Solodkoff, published by Ermitage London 1997. No cigarette cases but oodles of Faberge cufflinks. The second is
THE FABERGE CASE, subtitled FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JOHN TRAINA. This was published by Harry N. Abrams in New
York in 1998. Both titles are elaborately illustrated. While neither is still in print, you shouldn't have any trouble finding both
through a good book specialist.

JMB

Thank you very much. the Traina book has been mentioned to me but the other one is new.
NJS

[Milo]

There was (and hopefully still is) a shop in Copenhagen called Royal Copenhagen Antiques, run by a Dr. von Essen, specialising in Georg Jensen estate pieces (GJ is part of the RC group). If, after having stood in the shop or in front of Tiffany's Magnolia Vase at the Metropolitan Museum for more than 3 minutes, one not only fails to shake off the gold's-poor-cousin image but to be moved by the masterpieces, then there can be no further discussion. The upside is that there will be one less reason for upward pressure on prices.

s

The shop was temporarily closed for relocation from the basement to the first floor of the GJ flagship store on Strøget in Copenhagen when I went there a few days ago. It is supposed to have reopened by now, and I was told that Dr. von Essen will still be running it.

As for the beauty of its silver pieces, I absolutely agree with shredder.

Milo

[shredder]

Milo, thanks for the update. I am pleased that Dr von Essen is still managing that piece. As I recall from meeting him 20 years ago, he is a very charming man who is utterly and irrepressibly enthusiastic about the craft, materials, history and tradition. I fondly remember him literally bouncing around in his shop, telling me stories about all sorts of pieces. When venerable companies become corporatised (is that a word?), they tend to squeeze out people like him, but I am very pleased that he is still active.