A GEM-SET PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE
BY HAHN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ALEXANDER TREIDEN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover plique-à-jour enamelled with a Russian Imperial double-headed eagle, applied with a guilloché enamel reserve with St George slaying a dragon, the gold body finely engraved overall with scrolls, with a cabochon sapphire-set thumb-piece, marked on rim
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide
A GEM-SET PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE
BY HAHN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ALEXANDER TREIDEN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover plique-à-jour enamelled with a Russian Imperial double-headed eagle, applied with a guilloché enamel reserve with St George slaying a dragon, the gold body finely engraved overall with scrolls, with a cabochon sapphire-set thumb-piece, marked on rim
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide