A silver and en-plein enamel Cigarette-case
MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS POSSIBLY FOR FEDOR RUCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
SALE 8986,
15 December 2000
RUSSIAN PAINTINGS AND WORKS OF ART
Lot 188
Price Realized $1,904
Oblong, with rounded sides, the hinged cover with a shaped en-plein enamel rural scene with two plovers at sundown, with further pan-Slavic floral and geometric motifs, with red cabochon push-piece, the gilt interior with an engraved Russian inscription 'Moscow-Iaroslavl' Sporting Group the R.L. Dimmel' Prize given to I.I. Gavrilov 7 VI 1910 for 8 out of 12 for clay-pigeon shooting', marked inside covers4јin. (11cm.) long