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No reserve Lot Closed November 23, 04:01 PM GMT Estimate 800 - 1,200 GBP Lot Details Description A Russian silver parcel-gilt monogrammed cigarette case, St Petersburg, circa 1900 cast to imitate snakeskin, with mounted entwined Cyrillic initials GV, mounted with a cabochon sapphire thumbpiece, the interior of the cover engraved with facsimile signatures, the interior base engraved with date 1903, struck with workmaster's initials IA in Cyrillic, 84 standard 10.3 by 8cm

The back is the solidtortoise shellcolored enamel

The graphic, which I had initially worried would be gaudy and off-putting, was instead subtle and nuanced