Comprising:
two silver and niello champagne flutes, unrecorded maker’s mark Cyrillic ‘AK', Moscow, 1838, and mark of Gavrila Ustinov, Moscow, circa 1850;
a silver creamer, nielloed overall with a checkered pattern, by Ivan Egorov, Moscow, 1865;
a silver-gilt reliquary box, engraved with an image of Christ on the detachable cover, by Dmitry Orlov, Moscow, mid-19th century;
a silver-gilt pendant cross, engraved with a biblical inscription in Russian, with the crowned cypher of Nicholas II and date of the coronation ‘14 May 1896’, by Maksim Funtikov, Moscow, 1899-1908;
a parcel-gilt and niello table box with rocaille, unrecorded maker’s mark Cyrillic ‘A.N’, Moscow, first half 19th century;
seven silver cigarette cases nielloed with various scenes and geometric motifs, various markers, Moscow, 19th century;
a gun metal cigarette case, decorated with a diamond-set flower on cover, with hinged cigarette retaining gold clips, continental, 20th century, the clips marked with standard mark '14k';
a gun metal cigarette case, with diagonal reeded bands, interior gilt, apparently unmarked, possibly Russian;
a gun metal egg-shaped thimble-holder, applied with cabochon rubies and sapphires, enclosing a jeweled gold thimble and a bobbin, apparently unmarked, possibly Russian
The largest flute, 6¹⁄₄ in. (16 cm.) high, and smaller

The cross and reliquary box: with Hammer Galleries, New York.