AUGUST 2024 SALE OF FINE ARTS & COLLECTIBLES

A LOT OF TWO RUSSIAN SILVER AND NIELLO CIGARETTE CASES

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Start price: $700

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,200

Buyer's premium:

The first (largest) has the monument of Minin and Pozharsky on the lid and a floral motif on the verso. Another by Vasily Semenov gilt-silver and niello Russian cigarette case depicts the Kremlin on the lid and a checkered pattern on the back.

Hallmarks: The first: Cyrillic letters: "AS", 1863, 84 silver standard. The second: Cyrillic letters: "P", "V.S", 84 silver standard, St. George for Moscow.

Weight combined: 9.0 o., 254 g.

Largest: 4 1/2 x 2 7/8 in., (11.5 x 7.3 cm.)

Condition: Very good.