AN EN PLEIN ENAMEL AND SILVER-MOUNTED LEATHER DESK PORTFOLIO
MARK OF EGOR CHERYATOV, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Rectangular, on four rounded feet, the silver cover repoussé and chased throughout with stylised flowers and scrolling foliage, set with four amethyst cabochons, centring an enamel plaque depicting King Nicholas I of Montenegro on horseback, with later green cloth interior revealing the reverse of the front plaque, inscribed in Russian '...[To] Iosif Petrovich Novikov in good memory from the grateful citizens Tsarskoe Selo 1905-191(1)', marked on silver plaque
20 x 14 in. (50.5 x 35.5 cm.)
AN EN PLEIN ENAMEL AND SILVER-MOUNTED LEATHER DESK PORTFOLIO
MARK OF EGOR CHERYATOV, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Rectangular, on four rounded feet, the silver cover repoussé and chased throughout with stylised flowers and scrolling foliage, set with four amethyst cabochons, centring an enamel plaque depicting King Nicholas I of Montenegro on horseback, with later green cloth interior revealing the reverse of the front plaque, inscribed in Russian '...[To] Iosif Petrovich Novikov in good memory from the grateful citizens Tsarskoe Selo 1905-191(1)', marked on silver plaque
20 x 14 in. (50.5 x 35.5 cm.)
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