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17 - A Russian silver 'Ruslan and Ludmila' design cigarette case.
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£500 - 800 (€590 - 960)Sale fees
A Russian silver 'Ruslan and Ludmila' design cigarette case. Pyotr Petrov, Moscow, 1908-1916. The rectangular cigarette case embossed with a scene from Alexander Pushkin's epic tale 'Ruslan and Ludmila' to its cover, depicting the bogatyr Ruslan riding across marshland, with the helmeted head of a giant rising before him, the cigarette case designed with a red paste cabochon thumbpiece and gilded interior, the (translated) presentation inscription in Cyrillic to the reverse reading 'From the workers of the Konshin Power Plant, in fond memory of Vasily Andreevich Gelbert, 15th March 1916', 8.5 x 11.5cm, approx. weight 6ozt
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