A Gentleman’s Cabinet of Curiosities | The Collection of the late Naim Attallah, CBE
A Gentleman’s Cabinet of Curiosities | The Collection of the late Naim Attallah, CBE
A Russian jewelled parcel-gilt cigarette case and a silver and niello cigarette case, Moscow, late nineteenth to early twentieth century
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November 23, 04:02 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
A Russian jewelled parcel-gilt cigarette case and a silver and niello cigarette case, Moscow, late nineteenth to early twentieth century
Plain polished body, silver-gilt interior, a sapphire cabochon thumbpiece, struck to the interior base and cover with maker's mark 'AGSh' in Cyrillic and the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard; another decorated in niello with a view of Moscow, struck to the interior base and cover in Cyrillic with maker's mark 'PP', 84 standard
10.3 by 8.2cm; 13.2 by 7.5cm
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