Lot 53
Lot 53
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION
TWO JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE CASES

BOTH, MARK OF IVAN BRITSYN, ST PETERSBURG,1899-1904 AND 1908-1917

Price Realised GBP 5,625
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GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000
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TWO JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE CASES

BOTH, MARK OF IVAN BRITSYN, ST PETERSBURG,1899-1904 AND 1908-1917

Price Realised GBP 5,625
Price Realised GBP 5,625
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One, rectangular, enamelled throughout in translucent pale green over a wavy guilloché ground, the cover applied with two sets of ribbon-tied laurel-chased swags, with a rose-cut diamond-set thumbpiece, marked inside cover and base; the other, rectangular, enamelled throughout in translucent mauve over a wavy guilloché ground, all within white champlevé enamelled borders, with a rose-cut diamond-set thumbpiece, marked inside cover and base, in the original fitted case
The mauve cigarette case, 338 in. (8.6 cm.) wide, and smaller
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