Nielloed silver trompe l’oeil cigarette case, the cover with a simulated label inscribed in Cyrillic ‘Papirosi‘, the cover, sides and base with simulated wicker-work, the interior inscribed ‘BTF, Xmas 1888‘.
Gustav Gustavovich Klingert (Postnikova-Loseva 2374/5, 3035, 3046), the owner of a factory between 1865 and 1916, was a very prolific producer of distinctive cloisonné enamel wares in the Pan Slavic style. Objects by Klingert are in all major collections including the Kremlin Armory Museum and the State Historical Museum, Moscow.
