A CLOISONNE ENAMEL PILL-BOX AND KOVSH, the circular pill-box decorated with vari-coloured flowers and foliage on light green and translucent dark green grounds, with dark blue border around the hinged cover; the small kovsh with shaped C-scroll handle and decorated with pan-Slavic designs in green, brown, cream, mauve and orange on a blue ground, the pill-box marked with the Cyrillic initials of Maria Semenova; the kovsh marked with the Cyrillic initials of Fedor Ruckert, both Moscow, 1908-1917

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL PILL-BOX AND KOVSH, the circular pill-box decorated with vari-coloured flowers and foliage on light green and translucent dark green grounds, with dark blue border around the hinged cover; the small kovsh with shaped C-scroll handle and decorated with pan-Slavic designs in green, brown, cream, mauve and orange on a blue ground, the pill-box marked with the Cyrillic initials of Maria Semenova; the kovsh marked with the Cyrillic initials of Fedor Ruckert, both Moscow, 1908-1917
the pill-box 2in. (5cm.) diam.; the kovsh 3in. (7.5cm.) long (2)

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