An Imperial Presentation gold and enamel cigarette case, Hahn, St Petersburg, workmaster: Alexander Treiden, circa 1892

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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Description

width: 9.3cm, 3 5/8 in.

rounded rectangular with vesta compartment, the ribbed surface applied with the crowned cipher of Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich in red and green enamel, the reverse with enamelled inscription in Cyrillic: To the [officer] of the Apsheron regiment in appreciation of your History of the Regiment / From Commander of the Regiment; the interior further inscribed in Cyrillic: To Leonid Antonovich Boguslavsky / From Georgy / 1892; 56 standard

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 18 March 1968, lot 68