RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, BOX

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STERLING SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, BOX On the cigarette case there is an engraving of Rushnik, an important attribute in Russian tradition - it played a significant role in wedding rituals, religious ceremonies, etc. The case is HALLMARKED "84" for silver content and AP for workmaster ALEXANDER PETROV, ST PETERSBURG, 1896-1908. ALEXANDER PETROV worked in Faberge shop. BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE HAND ENGRAVED RIBBON DESIGN AND EDGING. SIZE: 80 x 53 mm. Weight: 55.6 grams. ESTIMATE PRICE: $700 - $900. HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago the item made by ALEXANDER PETROV was sold on Christie's for $45000 (!!) - please see the screenshot. Also here you can see one more confirmation related AP to Faberge . OFFER: If an item is NOT SOLD, you can still give us a reasonable offer - please save the link of this page. PAY in PARTS: You can pay for any item during 2 - 3 months. Just make a deposit 10% and the item will wait for you. SHIPPING: Combined shipping is available - next item will be ONE DOLLAR for shipping. NEW: Returning customer will have FREE SHIPPING in USA and 50% DISCOUNT on international shipping. WIKIPEDIA: Rushnyk, Rushnik is a ritual cloth embroidered with symbols and cryptograms of the ancient world. They have been used in sacred Eastern Slavic rituals, religious services and ceremonial events such as weddings and funerals. Each region has its own designs and patterns with hidden meaning, passed down from generation to generation and studied by ethnographers. There are many rushnyk collections in ethnographic museums. In Ukraine, the Rushnyk Museum is located in Pereiaslav, Ukraine as part of The Museum of Folk Architecture and Way of Life of Central Naddnipryanshchyna. A Russian rushnyk collection is housed at the Hermitage Museum. During a wedding ceremony, the bride and groom are standing on a Rushnyk called a pidnozhnyk, which translates as step-on towel. What happens to the pidnozhnyk is that the bride will drag the towel behind her, and her bridesmaids follow behind her. Tradition has it that when the bridesmaids follow behind the pidnozhnyk, they are following the path of the bride and hopefully be married. WIKIPEDIA: Peter Carl Faberge, also known as Karl Gustavovich Faberge was a Russian jeweller best known for the famous Faberge eggs made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials. He's the founder of the famous jewelry legacy House of Faberge.The House of Faberge is a jewelry firm founded in 1842 in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, by Gustav Faberge, using the accented name Faberge, Gustav's sons Peter Carl Faberge and Agathon Faberge, and grandsons followed him in running the business until it was nationalised by the Bolsheviks in 1918. The firm was famous for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs for the Russian Tsars and a range of other work of high quality and intricate detail.