Lot Essay
For a comparable casket see Sotheby's, New York, December 1, 1998, lot 210.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MIDWEST COLLECTION
A SILVER-GILT, GLASS AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CASKET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, DATE MARK INDISTINCT, CIRCA 1880
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A SILVER-GILT, GLASS AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CASKET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, DATE MARK INDISTINCT, CIRCA 1880
Rectangular, each side of the body inset with a cut-glass panel, bordered by varicolor enameled scrolling foliage, the stepped cover similarly decorated, centering a varicolor floral blossom, within twisted ropework borders, marked under base and cover
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, DATE MARK INDISTINCT, CIRCA 1880
Rectangular, each side of the body inset with a cut-glass panel, bordered by varicolor enameled scrolling foliage, the stepped cover similarly decorated, centering a varicolor floral blossom, within twisted ropework borders, marked under base and cover
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
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