A silver-gilt cloisonné and en plein pictorial enamel cigarette case, Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1899-1908

A silver-gilt cloisonné and en plein pictorial enamel cigarette case, Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1899-1908

rounded corners, the lid decorated with shaded polychrome cloisonné enamel rosettes and foliate scrolls over a pond, the upper left corner framing a scene with a canon and canon balls painted en plein within a cloisonné scrolling border, the reverse similarly enamelled, struck with maker's mark in Cyrillic, 88 standard

10.5 by 9cm; 4⅛by 3⅜in.