Cigarette with inscription: “СИГАРЫ. REGALIA FLORA. brown”
Cigarette with inscription: “СИГАРЫ. REGALIA FLORA. brown”
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
1875
Ivan Futikin silverware workshop
Silver; presswork, carving, niello
12.5 x 7.3 x 2.5 cm
Mark of the workshop “ИФ”; tee of Moscow city Assay office: assay master Ivan Konstantinov initials “ИК” above the date “1880”; alloy “84” and Moscow city coat of arms; tee of Moscow city Assay office in semi-oval shield: Saint-Petersburg coat of arms, date “1875” and alloy “84”
Silver cigarette case, gilded inside with rounded sides and corners, comprised of two equal halves, connected with a hinge and snap shutter. The textured cigarette case surface simulating a wicker cigar box. Top and base with shaped conforming chased and engraved panels, with simulated horizontal cigar tax band with Cyrillic inscriptions, the top with the cigar brand 'REGALIA FLORA brown front side with protruding push set release. Silver button is in the snap shutter.
Инв.2396/ДПИ