Antique Russian Silver cigarette case with ruby stone

Description

Antique Russian Silver cigarette case with ruby stone with donative engraving.
The stigma inside with master’s name: “BRITSIN”
Russian Imperial 84 Silver
Circa 1922
Weight: 6.1 OZ
Size: 4″ x 2 3/4 x 3/4″

Ivan Savelevich Britzin (Britsin), born in Russia, 1870. He worked as a St Petersburg goldsmith, specialising in guilloché enamelling. In 1903 he set up his own workshop in Spasski Ulitsa, winning a gold medal for enamelling in an international exhibition. In 1910 he set up a new workshop in St Petersburg and reportedly supplied Fabergé with objects, since some bear Fabergé marks as well as his own.