A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT, CLOISONNE AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARK OF IVAN SALTYKOV, MOSCOW, 1896-1908
The cover decorated with a painted architectural view surrounded by alternate powder blue and white tongue motifs and polychrome shaded flowers and leaves, the other side featuring an en plein enamel mythical bird feeding her young amidst flowers within a similar oval border, edged with turquoise blue beads, push-button thumbpiece, gilt interior
3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) long
A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT, CLOISONNE AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARK OF IVAN SALTYKOV, MOSCOW, 1896-1908
The cover decorated with a painted architectural view surrounded by alternate powder blue and white tongue motifs and polychrome shaded flowers and leaves, the other side featuring an en plein enamel mythical bird feeding her young amidst flowers within a similar oval border, edged with turquoise blue beads, push-button thumbpiece, gilt interior
3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) long