A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT NIELLO CHEROOT CASE AND A SMOKY QUARTZ DESK SEAL

Lot 527
09.04.2025 11:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 100
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 527 | A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT NIELLO CHEROOT CASE AND A SMOKY QUARTZ DESK SEAL
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
The cheroot case, of oblong form, the case and detachable cover nielloed with a reeded design, the body further nielloed with two circular reserves depicting troika in winter landscape on stipple ground, interior gilt, marked inside base, cover and on rim with maker’s mark; the smoky quartz desk seal of globular form, the reeded handle carved with acanthus leaves and a guilloché pattern, the matrix engraved with a Russian imperial coat-of-arms, apparently unmarked
43/4 in. (12.3 cm.) high, and smaller
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
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