Cigarette case with enamel miniature "Alyosha Popovich" (after the postcard by Ivan Bilibin)
Cigarette case with enamel miniature "Alyosha Popovich" (after the postcard by Ivan Bilibin)
Russian Empire, Moscow
1899-1908
M. Khramov jewelry workshop
Silver, enamel sapphire cabochon (?); сloisonné enamel, gold-plating
9.3 x 7.7 x 1.4 cm
Marks: workshop “М.Х”; tee of Moscow district Assay office in 1899-1908, alloy “88” and initials of the district manager I. Lebedkin – “ИЛ”; alloy “88”
Silver rectangular cigarette case, gilded inside, with triangular crown, comprised of two equal halves, connected by a hinge, with snap lock. Fragment of postcard by Ivan Bilibin "Alyosha Popovich" (1903) from the "Bogatyrs" series (1902) is replicated in the cloisonné enamel technique on the top cover. The composition is placed on the cover upper part and is rimmed with belts of geometric ornament from above and from below. The cover bottom part is adorned with filigree enamel ring-shaped pattern. The hinged cover thumb ramp is decorated with inserted blue oval cabochon. The cigarette case is made in the Neo-Russian style.
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