Lot 77
  • 77

Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna: A commemorative silver cigar case, Gubkin, Moscow, 1867

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • width: 12.8cm, 5 1/8 in.
engraved with portraits of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna above a panoply of their arms, in commemoration of their marriage the previous year, the engine-turned grounds within bandwork borders, struck Gubkin in Cyrillic and with the Cyrillic initials of Dmitri Ivanovich Gubkin, 84 standard

Condition

Excellent condition, with a small number of surface scratches.
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