Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Cigarette Case
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A bright, colorful view of the Moscow Kremlin is painted in glossy enamel within a vignette on the face of the case. The remaining painted filigree enamel decoration is divided into rows of squares with colorful abstract flowers and foliage on alternating olive and black grounds. On the reverse of the case is an abstract landscape executed in wavy lines. The thumb piece is a pink amethyst.
That the marks, kokoshniks, facing both right and left, appear together on this case would suggest that it might date from about 1908/09 when the transition in the marking system occurred.
Inscription
Provenance
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Sale, Sotheby's, New York, October 22, 2002, Lot 316; purchased by Jean M. Riddell (through Leo Kaplan as agent), Washington, D.C., October 26, 2002; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
Exhibitions
| 2017-2018 | Fabergé and the Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire's Legacy . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/6/2015 | Treatment | Cleaned for exhibition |
| 10/6/2015 | Treatment | Minor grime and tarnish were removed prior to exhibition. |
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 3/16 x W with hinges and stone: 2 13/16 x D: 1 1/8 in. (10.6 x 7.1 x 2.8 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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44.872