A diamond-set enameled two-color gold Imperial presentation snuff-box applied with a deep gold hued enamel over guilloché sunburst patterns accented by Imperial eagles and defined by a gold chased trellis set with diamonds. At the center of the box, is the diamond-set crowned monogram of Tsar Nicholas II against an oval panel enameled white with a diamond-set border - signed Fabergé, initials of workmaster August Holmström, assay mark of St. Petersburg before 1899, length 3 3/4 inches (9.5 cm)
Provenance: Believed to have been presented by tradition to Czar Nicholas II by Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, 1897; Herr Bomm, Vienna; Sidney Hill, Berry-Hill Galleries, London and New York; Arthur E. Bradshaw; Lansdell K. Christie, Long Island, New York

The FORBES Magazine Collection, New York.
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