A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIGARETTE BOX OF CASKET FORM

MARK OF IVAN SALTYKOV OVERSTRUCK BY MARK OF KARL FABERGE ACTING AS RETAILER, MOSCOW, 1896

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A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIGARETTE BOX OF CASKET FORM
MARK OF IVAN SALTYKOV OVERSTRUCK BY MARK OF KARL FABERGE ACTING AS RETAILER, MOSCOW, 1896
Rectangular on low bracket feet, cover secured by a hinged clasp at front, decorated to cover and sides with geometric flowrs and foliage in red, green, pink and blue, with turquoise bead borders, gilt interior
6 in. long (17 cm.) x 1½ in. high (4 cm.) x 3½ in. wide (9 cm.)

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Bought in Russia by John Sampson, a director of John Brown, the Glasgow firm of shipbuilders, who, as a talented linguist, was a lead negotiator for the contract to build a number of battleships for the Imperial Russian Navy in the early 20th century and thence by descent to the present vendor, Sampson's great great granddaughter.

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