Rectangular, the hinged cover centring an en plein enamel panel depicting a view of the Moscow Kremlin, within a border of cloisonné enamelled geometric motifs on green and blue grounds, the body similarly enamelled with stylised mushrooms and flowerheads, the inside cover with a guilloché enamelled panel in translucent blue over engraved flowerheads, with swing handles and a hinged clasp at front, on four ball feet, interior gilt, marked under base, also with French import mark
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) wide, with handles

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Drouot, Paris, 28 March 1984, lot 135.