Lot 120

Presumably Saint Petersburg, 113 x 70 x 50 mm, 252 g, circa 1900
An important four-colour gold box with diamond-set monogram "CS" under a royal crown
Case: 18K gold, maker's mark illegible, cartouche-shaped case.
Cartouche-shaped case, carried by four stylised columns with pine-cone feet and capitals; walls with engine-turned pattern and decorated with applied chasing: four-colour gold garlands of flowers and ribbons. Hinged lid with open-work frieze all around and diamond-studded monogram "CS" under a royal crown.