An Imperial Russian Silver-Mounted and Enamel Portfolio Cover

Rectangular, centering the enameled coat-of-arms of the City of Verny, within a parcel-gilt silver ribbon-tied oak wreath, the cover applied with a silver Russian dedication inscription '[To] His Imperial Highness, the Heir, Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich from the City of Verny 1891', all on red velvet ground (worn), the cream silk interior with a bookplate from the personal library of Emperor Nicholas II at the Winter Palace, apparently unmarked, with binder's ticket of W.I. Weidle, St Petersburg

Estimate:$6,619.23

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