A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1885
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover with an en plein enamel plaque depicting the installation of a coastal defense battery, with a gantry crane system, within turquoise enamel bead and scrolling foliate border, amidst varicolour scrolling foliage on a gilt stippled ground, the base similarly decorated, all within wirework borders, one end with integral vesta compartment, marked inside base, also with Austrian import mark
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long
A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1885
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover with an en plein enamel plaque depicting the installation of a coastal defense battery, with a gantry crane system, within turquoise enamel bead and scrolling foliate border, amidst varicolour scrolling foliage on a gilt stippled ground, the base similarly decorated, all within wirework borders, one end with integral vesta compartment, marked inside base, also with Austrian import mark
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long
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