A RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER SNUFF BOX
MOSCOW TOWN MARK ONLY, LATE 18TH CENTURY, ALSO LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK
Pull-off cover engraved with 8-pointed star centred by small medallion, obverse with portait of Empress Catherine II, reverse with Falconet's equestrian statue of Peter the Great with Cyrillic legend Peter I, Catherine II 1782 AB, gilt interior, base engraved with rosette
2½ in. diameter (6.5 cm.)
2 oz. (62 gm.)
A RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER SNUFF BOX
MOSCOW TOWN MARK ONLY, LATE 18TH CENTURY, ALSO LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK
Pull-off cover engraved with 8-pointed star centred by small medallion, obverse with portait of Empress Catherine II, reverse with Falconet's equestrian statue of Peter the Great with Cyrillic legend Peter I, Catherine II 1782 AB, gilt interior, base engraved with rosette
2½ in. diameter (6.5 cm.)
2 oz. (62 gm.)
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