A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE


A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1885
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover set with an en plein enamel plaque depicting the installation of a coastal defense battery, with a gantry crane system, within a turquoise pellet and scrolling foliate border, amidst varicolor stylized scrolling foliage on a gilt-stippled ground, the base similarly decorated, all within wirework borders, one end with integral vesta compartment, marked inside base, also with Austrian import mark
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long

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