Details

A gemset silver-gilt guilloché cigarettte case marked for the 3rd Silver Artel, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917 Rectangular of oval section, enamelled overall in translucent pink over a wavy ground, the interior of the cover with engraved inscription 'Sandro 9th Dec. 1913', with rose-cut diamond thumbpiece (loose), marked inside the cover and base 3¼in. (8.2cm.) long

Provenance

Gift of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas II, to his brother-in-law Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, thence by descent