Lot Essay
Cf. a similar cartridge case in the Wallace Collection (no. A 2095).
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ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880
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A Rare Russian Silver-Mounted Cartridge Case
St. Petersburg, circa 1880
With slightly convex leather body covered with embroidered blue velvet on the inside and with silver on the front and bottom, the front decorated with scrolls and beadwork in relief on a punched ground, carrying ten cylindrical figured Circassian walnut cartridges each with ivory mouth and silver base, the latter with decorative bands and turned finial, complete with black leather strap with nielloed mounts (one end now detached), St. Petersburg silver marks, unrecorded workmaster's initials IN
8in. (22.2cm.) wide
St. Petersburg, circa 1880
With slightly convex leather body covered with embroidered blue velvet on the inside and with silver on the front and bottom, the front decorated with scrolls and beadwork in relief on a punched ground, carrying ten cylindrical figured Circassian walnut cartridges each with ivory mouth and silver base, the latter with decorative bands and turned finial, complete with black leather strap with nielloed mounts (one end now detached), St. Petersburg silver marks, unrecorded workmaster's initials IN
8in. (22.2cm.) wide