This is a very nice antique silver cigarette case from silversmith Alexander Tillard. Tillard was the premier silversmith in Russia of his day. This is a top quality piece in surprisingly good condition. It has a soft elegant swirl pattern with a genuine cabochon sapphire. There's also fancy raised script monogram of the lucky first recipient. The antique cigarette case has gold wash interior that looks great and is well hallmarked. It has a side compartment where matches were stored. The case measures about 2 1/2"X3 3/4". As you can see from our pictures it has a small dent and some minor surface wear to be expect for it's age. This is a great collector's piece certain to make an excellent addition to any collection. Please see the video, larger pictures, and information about Tillander below!
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Antique Russian Sterling Silver Vespa Cigarette Box Match Safe Case
Jewelry manufacturer and retailer Tillander had a most illustrious and colorful history, having attained prominence creating objects for Imperial and aristocratic clients, including Tsar Nicholas II, during the waning years of the Russian Empire. Alexander Gustavovich Tillander (born1837-1918) left Finland at the age of eleven and came to St Petersburg to work as an apprentice goldsmith and, upon his becoming master in 1860, established a workshop in the city. The quality of his craftsmanship did not go unnoticed, and soon Tillander was supplying the best retailers of the day, including the Court Jeweler, Bolin. By 1890, he established his own retail premises on Bolshaya Morskaya (moving to Nevsky Prospekt in 1911), and his son Alexander Alexandrovich Tillander (1870-1943) joined the operation following his apprenticeship. The firm’s output was diverse and included a wide range of jewelery, objects of vertu, functional objects in enameled gold or silver, cigarette cases, and jetons. From 1909 until the start of the First World War, Tillander received regular orders from the Emperor’s Cabinet, mostly for presentation jewelry; the Empress and other Romanovs were clients as well.
Following the Revolution and the death of the firm’s eighty-year-old founder, the younger Tillanders relocated the business to Helsinki under the name A. Tillander, which became Aktiebolaget A. Tillander in the 1920s. Maintaining a high standard of production during this period, the firm enjoyed worldwide prominence in competition with Cartier, Boucheron and Tiffany.
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