Lot Essay
For similar enamel card-cases see Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20 October 1998, lots 164-168.
BY THE 11TH MOSCOW ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1091
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A silver-gilt cloisonn enamel card-case
by the 11th Moscow Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 1091
Oblong, the front depicting the Jack of Clubs within stylized floral and scroll border, the sides and hinged cover with stylized floral and foliate scrolls, the cover with an empty oval silver-gilt cartouche, on pale green ground, marked under base and inside cover
3.7/8in. (9.9cm.) high
by the 11th Moscow Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 1091
Oblong, the front depicting the Jack of Clubs within stylized floral and scroll border, the sides and hinged cover with stylized floral and foliate scrolls, the cover with an empty oval silver-gilt cartouche, on pale green ground, marked under base and inside cover
3.7/8in. (9.9cm.) high