Silver cigarette case with gold overlays – the names of the donors

Silver, gold, enamel; casting, stamping, engraving, gilding. The original gift cigarette case is in very good collector's condition. Stamps: alpha, female head in a cocoanut to the right, 84 (stamp of the St. Petersburg assay Department of the period 1908-1917, silver sample), "IGI" in a rectangle (stamp of the capital's master Ivanov Grigory Ivanovich. In 1895, he had 7 apprentices, and was known in the early twentieth century). The size is 85*110 mm, the weight is 198 grams.

The front cover of the cigarette case has gold overlays representing the autographs of the donors. In addition to the signatures, there is a gold coin with a face value of 5 rubles, enamel overlays in the form of a Russian flag and a bottle of apricot, the owner's monogram "LR" and an image of a cat. On the back cover there is an overlay in the form of the flag of Great Britain. The inscription "Von Derner Frau Tony Riga 1925" ("From Derner Frau Tony Riga 1925", German) is engraved inside. Apparently, the cigarette case was later donated to a certain Antonina in Riga in 1925 by a German citizen Derner. Guarantee of authenticity.