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A GROUP OF RUSSIAN TEA CADDIES, CIGARETTE CASES AND A CIGAR BOX

Lot 1025
13.12.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1336940
Lot 1025 | A GROUP OF RUSSIAN TEA CADDIES, CIGARETTE CASES AND A CIGAR BOX
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
A GROUP OF RUSSIAN TEA CADDIES, CIGARETTE CASES AND A CIGAR BOX
VARIOUS MAKERS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising:
A rectangular enameled silver trompe l'oeil tea caddy, engraved and enameled to imitate various tax bands and labels, with hinged cover and internal cover with ring pull, mark of Ivan Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1899-1908;
A rectangular cut-glass tea caddy, the body decorated with various facets, the underside cut to read Vasily Perlov & Sons [Tea Company], with silver-plated mounts engraved T.A-G, apparently unmarked, late 19th century;
A rectangular silver trompe l'oeil cigar box, engraved throughout to imitate various tax bands and labels, with hinged cover, mark of Gustav Klingert, Moscow, 1890, with later import marks;
A rectangular silver and niello cigarette case, decorated throughout with scrolls, foliage, and flower heads, the cover with bars surrounding the word 'Caucasus' in Russian, with side strike over a vesta compartment and with further small compartment to the back, maker's mark Cyrillic 'D.N.', Moscow, circa 1890;
A rectangular silver and niello cigarette case, the cover decorated with two hounds attacking a stag in the forest, the stag engraved with a monogram, the underside with a bird amongst scrolling foliage emerging from a vase, marked on inside of cover with unrecorded mark, late 19th/early 20th century
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long, the trompe l'oeil tea caddy
60 oz. 12 dwt. (1,884.7 gr.) gross weighable silver




Provenance

Acquired from Bulgari, Rome, December 1981 (the cigar box).
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Glass, Silver
Place of origin:Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia
Category:Cigarette cases
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
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United Kingdom
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