A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel casket, Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1908-1917

rectangular, the lid centred with a gilded circular reserve, on a rectangular plaque enameled with colorful Usolsk-style blooms and shaded enamel foliage, each corner decorated with circular ornaments in transparent emerald-green, on a ground of alternating teardrops enamelled in shades of red, yellow and blue, the angles with foliate motifs, the sides similarly decorated with shaded enamel floral motifs within geometric cloisonné enamel borders in pan-slavic taste, accented with transparent emerald-green rectangles at the sides, struck to base and inside lid with Khlebnikov under Imperial warrant, 88 standard

length 10.5 cm; 4 1/8 in.