Box - .925 silver, Silver gilt - Russia - Second half 20th century
An exceptional Russian silver & enamel egg-shaped box. The harlequin sides decorated with diamond panels of black, white and brick red enamel edged with fine twisted wire and studded with tiny gilt beads, on a round pedestal foot. It has a very nice solid weight to it. Hallmarks: л (“L” for Leningrad) and . 925 together with "hammer & sickle star" \t Leningrad (USSR) , circa 1970. Dimensions: H 7. 5cm ; diameter 4cm ; 85,80 grams
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An exceptional Russian silver & enamel egg-shaped box. The harlequin sides decorated with diamond panels of black, white and brick red enamel edged with fine twisted wire and studded with tiny gilt beads, on a round pedestal foot. It has a very nice solid weight to it. Hallmarks: л (“L” for Leningrad) and . 925 together with "hammer & sickle star" \t Leningrad (USSR) , circa 1970. Dimensions: H 7. 5cm ; diameter 4cm ; 85,80 grams