A silver-gilt cloisonné and en plein enamel cigarette case, maker's mark Cyrillic M.?, Moscow, 1908-1917

painted en plein with a peasant with his horse and dog, signed to bottom left Cyrillic A.B, surrounded by varicolor stylised scrolling foliage and geometric motifs on a red ground, within a further blue-ground border, the reverse similarly decorated, cabochon thumbpiece, gilt interior, struck to field with maker's mark in Cyrillic, 88 standard

height 10.2 cm; 4 ¼ in.