Details
Rectangular, with rounded corners, the hinged cover cast and chased with an Imperial double-headed eagle, the corners with scrolling foliage, the reverse engraved with a facsimile signature of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, the inside base engraved with facsimile signatures of all five children of Emperor Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, including initial 'A' for Tsarevich Alexei, with a cabochon sapphire push-piece, marked inside base and on cover with 'K. Fabergé' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial warrant; in the original red leather fitted Fabergé presentation case
312 in. (8.7 cm.) long
4.2 oz. (131 gr.) gross
Provenance
By repute, given by Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna to a friend they used to play tennis with (accompanying note) circa 1910.
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in Paris in the late 1940s, thence by descent.
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