A Silver Trompe l'Oeil Cigar Box, Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1871
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October 19, 05:08 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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A Silver Trompe l'Oeil Cigar Box, Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1871
realistically engraved and decorated to simulate a wooden cigar box with a label of the cigarmaker Laferme and with import tax bands, bearing inscription in Cyrillic underneath the lid 'To the director of the Kolomenskoe machine-building factory Karl Fedorovich Boi, in memory of his 10 year service at the factory 13 May 1878', struck to the interior with maker's mark in Cyrillic beside the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard
width 3 1/4 in.; 8.5 cm;
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