Sale 5961
Russian Art
26 November 2012
London, King Street
Lot 265
A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARK OF LOMBARDO, PROBABLY BY FEODOR RUCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Ј25,000 - Ј35,000 ($40,025 - $56,035)
Rectangular with rounded corners, enamelled overall with varicolour flower-heads, foliate vines and geometric motifs, on a pale blue ground, all within wirework borders, with a hardstone cabochon push-piece, the interior engraved with a later dedicatory inscription in Russian 'To V.V. Chuvayev from the Chief of the Art Academy', dated 10.12.1940, marked inside cover and base
4 in. (10.1 cm.) wide