Elegant Antique Russian Hallmarked Silver Cigarette or Card Case, Jeweled Clasp Dieppe all captured here in needlework

all captured here in needlework portrait

There's no way to weigh it separately

You can see she might well have been his servant

but our images are enlarged enough

we will not separate them

Elegant Antique Russian Hallmarked Silver Cigarette or Card Case, Jeweled Clasp Dieppe all captured here in needleworkElegant 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