A Silver Trompe l'Oeil Cigar Case

MARK OF SERGEI NAZAROV, MOSCOW, 1895

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A Silver Trompe l'Oeil Cigar Case
Mark of Sergei Nazarov, Moscow, 1895
Rectangular, the hinged cover chased and engraved to simulate a box from the Ya. S. Kushnarev manufactory, Rostov-on-Don, the interior gilt, the inside cover inscribed in Russian 'To our dear guest Ernest Rossi from a grateful public Rostov-on-Don 8 March 1896', marked inside cover and base
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) long
12¾ oz. (396 gr.)

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Lot Essay

The celebrated Italian tragic actor Ernest Rossi toured Russia in 1877 and 1896. His fans did not include Leo Tolstoy, who recorded (in 'What Is Art?') that Rossi's performance in Hamlet caused him "that peculiar suffering which is caused by false imitations of works of art."

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