A jewelled silver-gilt, cloisonné and en plein pictorial enamel cigarette case, maker’s mark Cyrillic SS, Moscow, 1908-1917

A jewelled silver-gilt, cloisonné and en plein pictorial enamel cigarette case, maker’s mark Cyrillic SS, Moscow, 1908-1917

enamelled throughout with shaded geometric, foliate and floral motifs over dark blue and brown grounds, the cover enamelled en plein with three bogatyrs on horseback after Vasnetsov's Bogatyri between two cloisonné enamel owls in either corner of the cover, with a cabochon ruby push-piece, struck with maker's initials, 84 standard

length 10.3cm; 4 in.