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A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD SAMORODOK CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 223

A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD SAMORODOK CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED V. MOROZOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'I.P', ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

Closed5 June 2017

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A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD SAMORODOK CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED V. MOROZOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'I.P', ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Rectangular, the hinged cover applied with a rose and old-cut diamond-set Imperial double-headed eagle, with a pink gold-mounted cabochon sapphire thumb-piece, marked inside cover and base
3 5/8 in. (9.1 cm.) wide
3.95 oz. (122.7 gr.) gross

Specialist note

A comparable cigarette case by Morozov was sold Christie's, Geneva, 13 November 1990, lot 376.