Bidspirit auction | Britzin. Enamel Pill Box

Britzin. Enamel Pill Box - Britzin. Enamel pill box. Silver, gliding, guilloche enamel. Makers mark of «I.B.». Petersburg, 1904-1908. Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm. Weight: 27.5 g An elegant silver-gilt pill box decorated with rose-colored guilloché enamel and delicate wave patterning, framed by gilded rims. A suspension ring allows it to be worn on a chain or as a pendant. Ivan Savelievich Britsyn (1870–1952), a gifted St. Petersburg enameller, briefly worked for Carl Fabergé before establishing his own workshop in 1903. His refined guilloché enamel objects—cigarette cases, compacts, clocks, and accessories—earned him a gold medal at the 1909 International Exhibition and a clientele that included the Imperial court. Even after the Revolution, Britsyn continued to create works of remarkable quality, often compared with those of Fabergé.