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VARIOUS MAKERS, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE CASES AND A MATCH BOX
VARIOUS MAKERS, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
One, enamelled with scrolling foliate design and geometric motifs in blue, white and red, mark of Sergei Nazarov, Moscow, 1888; the match box, enamelled throughout with scrolling foliate design within a blue beaded rim, maker's mark indistinct, Moscow, 1899-1908; together with a cloisonné enamel silver-gilt cigarette case centring the engraved initials 'CM', mark of Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, 1886, also bearing later Fabergé marks
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide and smaller
VARIOUS MAKERS, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
One, enamelled with scrolling foliate design and geometric motifs in blue, white and red, mark of Sergei Nazarov, Moscow, 1888; the match box, enamelled throughout with scrolling foliate design within a blue beaded rim, maker's mark indistinct, Moscow, 1899-1908; together with a cloisonné enamel silver-gilt cigarette case centring the engraved initials 'CM', mark of Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, 1886, also bearing later Fabergé marks
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide and smaller
Provenance
Acquired by the great-grandparents of the present owner in New York, circa 1950.
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