A RARE SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CASKET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1881
Rectangular with cut corners, champlevé enamelled overall with varicolour birds on foliate branches, within white enamel geometric borders, the detachable cover similarly decorated, on four figural enamelled feet shaped as peacocks, marked under base and cover
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) wide
A RARE SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CASKET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1881
Rectangular with cut corners, champlevé enamelled overall with varicolour birds on foliate branches, within white enamel geometric borders, the detachable cover similarly decorated, on four figural enamelled feet shaped as peacocks, marked under base and cover
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) wide
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