A parcel-gilt cigar box
Cyrillic mark for Grigorii Andreev, St. Petersburg, 1887, with later foreign control mark
Rectangular, the cover and sides engraved with trompe l'oeil tobacco band, the cover with the Imperial coat-of-arms above the tobacco brand in Cyrillic "DELIKATES'", the interior cover inscribed with later inscription, marked under the cover and base
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) long
11.68 oz. (363.3 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Ps. Dav. 128. Dem Alfred Pircher zur Erimmerung an seinen Grofsvaler und Taufpathen. Meran am 16. Febr. 1889.'
A parcel-gilt cigar box
Cyrillic mark for Grigorii Andreev, St. Petersburg, 1887, with later foreign control mark
Rectangular, the cover and sides engraved with trompe l'oeil tobacco band, the cover with the Imperial coat-of-arms above the tobacco brand in Cyrillic "DELIKATES'", the interior cover inscribed with later inscription, marked under the cover and base
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) long
11.68 oz. (363.3 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Ps. Dav. 128. Dem Alfred Pircher zur Erimmerung an seinen Grofsvaler und Taufpathen. Meran am 16. Febr. 1889.'
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