Lot 42
  • 42

A Russian Silver and Pictorial Enamel Cigarette Case, Andrei Egorov, Moscow, 1891

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

Description

  • silver, enamel
  • Length 3 1/2 in.; 8.9 cm
the cover with a delicately rendered half-length portrait of a woman in peasant dress before a wood fence, the reverse engraved with an elaborate Cyrillic monogram of initials MG

Condition

very bright and attractive enameling; the exterior surfaces with some small wear consistent with age
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