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Auction archive: Lot number 228

A GEM-SET GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE

Russian Art
3 Jun 2019
Estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
ca. US$31,616 - US$44,262
Price realised:
£37,500
ca. US$47,424
Auction archive: Lot number 228

A GEM-SET GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE

Russian Art
3 Jun 2019
Estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
ca. US$31,616 - US$44,262
Price realised:
£37,500
ca. US$47,424
Beschreibung:

A GEM-SET GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE MARKED K. HAHN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ALEXANDER TREIDEN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1891 Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover cast and chased with the image of cruiser Pamiat Azova [The Memory of Azov] , the reverse engraved with a map showing the voyage of Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich between 1890 and 1891, and applied with a silver crowned double-headed eagle, the inside cover inscribed in Russian '[To] My Dear Niki 1891.', with a cabochon sapphire thumb-piece, integral vesta compartment with match strike, with blue tinder cord, marked on rim 4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide Provenance By repute, presented by Empress Maria Feodorovna to her son Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (future Emperor Nicholas II) on the occasion of his voyage on the cruiser Pamiat Azova in 1890-1891.

Auction archive: Lot number 228
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A GEM-SET GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE MARKED K. HAHN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ALEXANDER TREIDEN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1891 Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover cast and chased with the image of cruiser Pamiat Azova [The Memory of Azov] , the reverse engraved with a map showing the voyage of Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich between 1890 and 1891, and applied with a silver crowned double-headed eagle, the inside cover inscribed in Russian '[To] My Dear Niki 1891.', with a cabochon sapphire thumb-piece, integral vesta compartment with match strike, with blue tinder cord, marked on rim 4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide Provenance By repute, presented by Empress Maria Feodorovna to her son Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (future Emperor Nicholas II) on the occasion of his voyage on the cruiser Pamiat Azova in 1890-1891.

Auction archive: Lot number 228
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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