IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150722
accession number:	M.11 & A-1981

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 18 December 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: birch wood and gold; rectangular with rounded corners.  The lid has a concealed hinge and fits flush with the top of the sides, except in the middle of the front where there is a projecting thumbpiece.  About 4 cm from each end the box is encircled by a series of interlocking chased gold circular garlands.  The fitted case (A) (probably original) is of maple-wood with a cream velvet linging to the lower part and cream silk to the lid.  The lining is stamped in gold with the Imperial eagle and in cyrillic latters Fabergé / St Petersburg Moscow London
title:	cigarette case

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by John Tillotson in memory of the late Peter Carter

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150722





CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1908 - 1908
creation date earliest:	1908
creation date latest:	1908
culture:	20th Century, Early

CREATORS
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maker: Fabergé, Carl


CITATIONS
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Russian Jewellery Centres and Masters: 16th - 19th Centuries
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