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A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 194

A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'SS', MOSCOW, 1908-1917

Closed23 November 2020

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GBP 10,625

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A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'SS', MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Rectangular with rounded corners, cloisonné enamelled overall with stylised flowers and foliate motifs, the cover en plein enamelled with an image of a bogatyr on horseback after Victor Vasnetsov, signed with Cyrillic initials 'SS' in lower right corner, with a cabochon garnet push-piece, marked on cover and base
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide

Specialist note

The en plein enamel miniature on the present lot is signed with the artist's initials 'SS'. The same artist's signature can be found on a casket by Feodor Rückert depicting a bandura player, currently in the Fabergé Museum collection, St Petersburg (see V. Voronchenko et. al., Fabergé Treasures of Imperial Russia, Fabergé Museum, St Petersburg, 2017, p. 261). It was suggested that these initials could belong to S. Smirnov, the enamel painter who worked until the 1920s.