A RARE CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER CASKET

A RARE CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER CASKET
BY PRINCESS MARIA TENISHEVA, 1914
Rectangular, the hinged cover inset with an enamelled plaque depicting a young girl wearing a blue sarafan, holding a sheep, its head formed of a baroque pearl, both standing by a stream, within a silver border chased with strapwork motifs and decorated with gilt nails, the silver side panels enamelled with stylised flowerheads in yellow and pink, interior with silk lining, signed with initials and dated '1914' under base
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) wide

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, Geneva, 6 May 1981, lot 306.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 June 1985, lot 333.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.