A GEM-SET CHAMPLEVÉ AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE

A GEM-SET CHAMPLEVÉ AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE
BY HAHN, WORKMASTER ALEXANDER TREIDEN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover applied with a champlevé enamelled Imperial double-headed eagle, the hinged cover and base plique-à-jour enamelled throughout with scrolling foliage on a gilt-stippled ground, within wirework borders, with a cabochon sapphire-set thumb-piece, marked on rim with 'K. Hahn' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) long

Provenance
Henry Penn Wenger (1927-1997).
Bequeathed by the above to the present owner.