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Property from the Collection of Boris Fuchsmann, Germany

A silver-gilt and champlevé enamel cigar case and holder, Grachev, St Petersburg, circa 1890

Auction Closed

November 25, 06:21 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

the case decorated with a pair of red, white and blue-plumed woodpeckers perched in a fruiting hawthorn tree, reserved on a textured ground, the matching cigar holder similarly decorated, with amber mouthpiece, struck with Grachev in Cyrillic, workmaster's initials Cyrillic AP, 88 standard, French swan import marks


height of cigar case 12 cm; 4 6/8 in.

Sotheby’s London, 9 June 2010, lot 509