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{
    "localId": "93256",
    "label": "Cigarette Case",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "93256",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cigarette Case",
    "description": "Fabergé offered variations of a cigarette case model such as this example, using different materials, surface treatments, and ornamentation. Accommodating individual clients’ wishes, the firm would also add a family insignia or additional decoration. The finely ridged surface demonstrates the superb handling of the precious metal by August Hollming, a Finnish master who worked for Fabergé in Saint Petersburg.",
    "date": "1911",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.158",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q116695587"
    ],
    "creators": [
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        55247
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Silver"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.158/2021.158_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.158/2021.158_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.158/2021.158_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Russian"
    ],
    "accession": "2021.158"
}

{
    "tec": "Silver, ruby, textile",
    "tombstone": "Cigarette Case, 1911. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918), August Hollming (Finnish, 1854–1913). Silver, ruby, textile; overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection, 2021.158",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "Signed with initials of the workmaster August Hollming (active 1880-1913)"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "The cigarette case also includes a compartment for a match striker.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "None found"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.158",
    "creditline": "Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 04:59:14.887000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.158/2021.158_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 93256,
    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
    "coll": "Decorative Arts",
    "med": "Silver, ruby, textile",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "gender unknown"
    ],
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    "image_url": null
}

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