of rectangular form, the body with translucent cobalt blue enamel over a wavy engine-turned ground, with reed and dot patterned gold borders, the hinged front cover with an applied Imperial cypher of Nicholas II set with diamonds, with an applied gold and enamel second class Order of Saint Stanislaus, diamond thumbpiece, gilded interior, length: 9.2 cm. (3 5/8 in.), Cyrillic unidentified Faberge workmaster`s initials 'AB', two swan marks on edge indicate export to France, 88 standard


LOT NOTES:
The unidentified Faberge workmaster with the Cyrillic maker`s mark 'AB' is listed among other workmasters in Will Lowes and Christel L. McCanless, Faberge Eggs: A Retrospective Encyclopedia, (Lanham: Scarecrow Press: 2001), 178-179