All rectangular, with hinged covers and gilt interiors; the first chased and engraved to simulate woodgrain and tax bands and inscribed 'Player's Navy Cut'; the second, chased and engraved to simulate woodgrain and tax bands and inscribed 'American Jockey Club', engraved with a Russian dedication inside cover 'To dear Roman Mironovich Tsyrpinskii / from the commander and officers / of the 3rd Kronstadt Infantry Regiment / December 1916 / Kronstadt'; the third, parcel-gilt chased and engraved to simulate tax bands, two marked throughout
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, and smaller
44.4 oz. (1381.2 gr.) gross weight

The first, Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 6 December 1995, lot 343.
The second, Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 6/8 December 1993, lot 444.
Acquired at the above sales by the present owner.

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