A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND SHADED CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL STAMP BOX
MARK OF 11TH. ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908/1917
Of casket form, the interior with three sloping compartments, the textured surface decorated with stylised flowers, scrollwork and black and foiled red beads to sides all below a narrow white bead band, flowers around cover and the raised central part of cover with three diagonal bands, the outer two with beads, scrolls and flowers in pastel shades on a purple ground, the central textured band edged in green and enamelled with three roundels enclosing rosettes and laced with a blue ribbon with foliate ends
3 in. long (7.8 cm.)
4 oz. (124 gm.)
A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND SHADED CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL STAMP BOX
MARK OF 11TH. ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908/1917
Of casket form, the interior with three sloping compartments, the textured surface decorated with stylised flowers, scrollwork and black and foiled red beads to sides all below a narrow white bead band, flowers around cover and the raised central part of cover with three diagonal bands, the outer two with beads, scrolls and flowers in pastel shades on a purple ground, the central textured band edged in green and enamelled with three roundels enclosing rosettes and laced with a blue ribbon with foliate ends
3 in. long (7.8 cm.)
4 oz. (124 gm.)