Bidspirit auction | Britzin. Enamel Pill Box

Britzin. Enamel Pill Box - Britzin. Enamel pill box. Silver, gliding, guilloche enamel. Makers mark of «Britzin.». Petersburg, 1908-1917. Dimensions: 5 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm. Weight: 79 g A rectangular silver pill box, the lid beautifully decorated with translucent cobalt-blue guilloché enamel over a wave-patterned ground. The vivid enamel surface creates a shimmering play of light, a hallmark of Russian enameling at the turn of the century. 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.