Elegant Antique Russian Hallmarked Silver Cigarette or Card Case, Jeweled Clasp Dieppe Bow-top dore bronze frame is

Bow-top dore bronze frame is mounted in larger rectangular form desktop frame that would have once had an easel stand but that part has gone missing over time

You can see she might well have been his servant

but our images are enlarged enough

The sifter piece has a beautiful shaping with engraved decoration and reticulated bowl

One can review our photos to evaluate the small area by the 18k gold hinge that is disrupted

Elegant Antique Russian Hallmarked Silver Cigarette or Card Case, Jeweled Clasp Dieppe Bow-top dore bronze frame isElegant antique Russian hallmarked . 84 (nearly sterling) silver & vermeil 4" x 3" compact style cigarette or card case with ruby colored 'jewel' clasp and wonderful condition! Thick & heavy old Russian silver, nothing overly frilly but as classy as can be! The hallmarks in the lid and body of the piece were introduced in 1908 with a more detailed female head facing right and silver fineness expressed in zolotnik or zolotnicki inside an oval oblong