AN IMPORTANT GEM-SET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND TWO-COLOUR GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE BY HAHN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ALEXANDER TREIDEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1893 Rectangular, the body and hinged cover enamelled overall in translucent scarlet, the cover and base centring an engraved Imperial double-headed eagle on a sunburst wavy guilloché ground, within bright-cut gold borders, with integral vesta compartment, match strike and tinder cord, the thumb-piece set with a cabochon sapphire, the inside cover engraved in facsimile handwriting of Emperor Alexander III in Russian ‘From Papa / 25 Dec. 1893 / Gatchina’, marked on rim; in a fitted Wartski case 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) wide
AN IMPORTANT GEM-SET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND TWO-COLOUR GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE BY HAHN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ALEXANDER TREIDEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1893 Rectangular, the body and hinged cover enamelled overall in translucent scarlet, the cover and base centring an engraved Imperial double-headed eagle on a sunburst wavy guilloché ground, within bright-cut gold borders, with integral vesta compartment, match strike and tinder cord, the thumb-piece set with a cabochon sapphire, the inside cover engraved in facsimile handwriting of Emperor Alexander III in Russian ‘From Papa / 25 Dec. 1893 / Gatchina’, marked on rim; in a fitted Wartski case 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) wide
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