Lot 564: A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARK OF KONSTANTIN SKVORTSOV, MOSCOW, 1908/17
With large hexagonal panel featuring lozenge and other motifs in shaded enamels on cream ground bordered in lavender blue and green with rows of pink beads, centred by a blue-grey rectangular panel filled with shaded flowers in pastel shades, gilt interior inscribed To Major General Sir John Hanbury-Williams from 14 Welshmen at the Moscow Metal Works Jany. 1. 1916, green cabochon-set thumbpiece
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) long

Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1991, lot 328