CIGARETTE CASE
Creator(s): Grachev Brothers (Firm) , Master A. P. (Workmaster)
Currently in storage
About this object
Oblong box has a hinge which was made to hold flint for lighting. Box has two sections with covers, one for cigarettes and a small one for matches. All over formal decoration is in plique-à-jour enamel in red, white, royal blue, yellow and green.
- Object name:
- CIGARETTE CASE
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- ca. 1882-1896
- Size:
- 10.8 × 6.4 cm (4 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.71
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- MARK GRACHEV" Stamped inside center of cover. All in Cyrillic caps inside a rectangular frame with rounded corners. silver standard mark; city mark [crossed anchors and sceptre for St. Petersburg] 88 Stamped inside cover. The two marks are contained within an oval. These so-called "doubles" (joined marks on a single poinçon) were introduced in the Assay Charter of 1882. maker's mark AP Stamped inside cover. Cyrillic caps in a square frame. Presumably the initials of an unknown workmaster who worked for the Grachevs. inscription [crown] NN Engraved on cover of box. Monogram of the Cyrillic initials N.N. beneath the crown of a prince (kniazheskaia korona). maker's mark AP Stamped inside base of box. Cyrillic caps in a square frame. Presumably the initials of an unknown workmaster who worked for the Grachevs. silver standard mark; city mark [crossed anchors and sceptre for St. Petersburg] 88 Stamped inside base of box. The two marks are contained within an oval. These so-called "doubles" (joined marks on a single poinçon) were introduced in the Assay Charter of 1882. maker's mark GRACHEV" Stamped inside box. All in Cyrillic caps inside a rectangular frame with rounded corners.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973