An enamel box is a hard shell with a glaze that cracks on a knock. The name on the mark in the base makes the crack expensive. In the overview Security for collectors, this is a small piece that belongs in the cabinet, and there it must not knock loose against other metal parts.

How it leaves

Small, known, light. A display case with "Russian enamel" at eye level is a shop window. You show it to the people you have invited, and you store it in the cabinet. The mark and the expert report do not sit in the box. Whoever takes the box and leaves the paper has the piece. Whoever takes the paper and leaves the box has your proof. Both in one place is the worse of the two options. The box in the cabinet, the paper in the document cabinet.

What time does to it

Enamel does not tolerate a hard knock or a wild temperature. Moisture attacks metal mounts. You do not polish over the glaze. A soft, acid-free nest, one box per compartment, nothing heavy on top.

The papers

The master's mark in a sharp photo, the dimensions, one sentence on cracks that are already there, the receipt, the expert report. An existing crack that you keep quiet becomes a dispute after a burglary, over whether it is new.