From the Romanov era, period of Tsar Nicholas II, the gold cigarette case decorated with alternating reeded bands and fitted with a cabochon sapphire thumbpiece.
By the First Kievan Artel, Kiev, circa 1908, stamped with the maker’s mark in Cyrillic, and the kokosnik (Russian headdress) for Kiev, 1908-17.
3 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 7/16 in. (7.9 x 6 x 1.1 cm).
The First Kievan Artel produced items for the House of Fabergé in Kiev and was located at the same address.
Illustrated: Beyond Fabergé, Imperial Russian Jewelry by Marie Betteley and David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, 2020, page 270.
*SOLD*
For a Ukrainian Silver-mounted Coconut Ladle, Kharkiv, 1844 in our shop see Ref. no. 352M.
SKU: 174M










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