Box for cigarettes and cigars
Box for cigarettes and cigars
Russia, Moscow
1908-1917
Silver; casting, chasing, gilding, engraving
4.2 x 22.2 x 14.5 cm
Marks: "ХЛѢБНИКОВЪ"; two-headed eagle; the identification mark and tee of Moscow District Assay office in 1908-1917 with silver alloy "84"
Silver rectangular box, gilded inside, with a hinged lid. The lid smooth surface is ornated with a chased composition, made in the style of Neoclassicism, consisting of a laurel wreath, surrounded by torches with bows and acanthus leaves-curls on both sides. A gilded monogram "ДГ" is inside the wreath. An engraved inscription is on the hinged lid inner side: "Дорогому // Данiилу Парфеньевичу // сослуживцы Р.О.М.З. Бр. Кертингъ // Петроградъ // 1916” (Dear / Danyilu Parfenevich / / co-workers RO.M.Z. Br. Kerting // Petrograd // 1916).
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