A RUSSIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGAR BOX
13.02.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1538894
Lot 458 | A RUSSIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGAR BOX
Estimate value
3000USD $ 3 000 – 5 000
BY IVAN KHLEBNIKOV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1909
Mounted with numerous jetons and orders, the interior engraved with a presentation inscription in Russian 'Prize for Horse Jumping / Among Officers / Belgorod 12th Uhlan Regiment / From the Major General Yakovlev / to Cornet Przhetslavskiy / 6 XII 1909', marked inside cover and under base with 'Khlebnikov' in Cyrillic with the Imperial warrant
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) long
Provenance
By repute, acquired by Annie Laurie Crawford, later Aitken (1900-1984) in Constantinople, now Istanbul, Turkey, 1926.
| Artist: | Velimir (Viktor Vladimirovich) Khlebnikov (Lunev) (1885 - 1922) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Artist: | Velimir (Viktor Vladimirovich) Khlebnikov (Lunev) (1885 - 1922) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
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