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EMPEROR ALEXANDER II OF RUSSIA (1818-1881)A COMMEMORATIVE LEATHER DESK PORTFOLIO AND CIGARETTE CASE
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EMPEROR ALEXANDER II OF RUSSIA (1818-1881)A COMMEMORATIVE LEATHER DESK PORTFOLIO AND CIGARETTE CASE

CIRCA 1880

已結束2016年9月14日

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EMPEROR ALEXANDER II OF RUSSIA (1818-1881)
A COMMEMORATIVE LEATHER DESK PORTFOLIO AND CIGARETTE CASE
CIRCA 1880
The portfolio inscribed in silver script '1 Juillet/ 1866' to '6 Juillet/ 1880' and 'Merci pour tout', with paper label to inside inscribed in Russian 'Belonging to the Emperor Alexander II', the cigarette case inscribed in Russian script 'Love Mama/ 6 July 1880', with similar paper label further inscribed in hand 'Presented by his Son, 6 July 1880, Princess E. Yourievsky'
The portfolio: 10 ¾ x 8 ½ in. (27.3 x 21.6 cm.)
The cigarette case: 4 ½ x 3./12 in. (11.4 x 8.9 cm.)

Alexander II.
Princess Yourievsky.
Prince Galitzin.
Hammer Galleries, New York, 1949.
Christie's, New York, 12 April 1988, lot 31 from The India Early Minshall Collection sold on behalf of The Western Reserve Historical Society.

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The desk folio was given by the Princess to her husband and is inscribed with dates commemorating their meeting and their marriage. The cigarette case presented to the Tsar by his son, born out of wedlock, on the occasion of the marriage of his mother to Alexander II.
Sold with a photocopy of a document dated February 1949, issued by the Hammer Galleries, entitled Mementoes of Alexander II.