Lot 504
  • 504

A gold cigarette case, Lorie, workmaster Yegor Cheryatov, Moscow, 1908-1917

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • width: 10.5cm., 41/8in
rounded rectangular, the surface with banded ribbing, both sides inset with gold medallions, one depicting Ludvig and Emmanuel Nobel, inscribed with their names in Cyrillic and on the reverse Baku Oil, the other depicting a worker striking an anvil, dated on the reverse 2 V 1909, cabochon thumbpiece, 56 standard    

Condition

Some general minor wear consistent with age and use. In overall good condition.
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