Lot 372 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL CIGAR BOX

MAKER’S MARK OF MIKHAIL ISAKOV, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904

Closed30 November 2015

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL CIGAR BOX
MAKER’S MARK OF MIKHAIL ISAKOV, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Rectangular, the hinged cover and sides chased and engraved to simulate woodgrain and tobacco tax bands, with a thumb-piece, interior gilt, marked inside cover and base
5 in. (12.8 cm.) wide
10.99 oz. (341.9 gr.)

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 17 November 1983, lot 75.

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL CIGAR BOX

MAKER’S MARK OF MIKHAIL ISAKOV, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904

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