A Jeweled Silver-Gilt Cigarette Case and Gold-Mounted Nephrite Match Case, St Petersburg, circa 1900

A Jeweled Silver-Gilt Cigarette Case and Gold-Mounted Nephrite Match Case, St Petersburg, circa 1900

rectangular, the nephrite match case with chased gold laurel leaf mounts set with rubies at intervals, apparently unmarked; the larger silver-gilt cigarette case, Alexander Karpov, 1908-1917, set with a jeweled crowned cypher on a reeded ground, the inside lid engraved with presenation inscription in Cyrillic 'To the esteemed Vasily Vasileevich Timpa (or Timpe) From the officers and civil servants of the 1^st Sapper Battalion 1914', maker's mark, 84 standard and spurious Fabergé mark

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length of longest 3 1/4 in.; 8.2 cm