A GILT-BRONZE DESK BOX
RUSSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Rectangular, the stepped base rising to a body engraved to simulate wood grain, the escutcheon applied with later badge of the 50th Jubilee of the Reform of the Law, the hinged cover surmounted by a realistically cast peasant reclining against an inkwell, with hinged cover, apparently unmarked
7½ in. (19 cm.) wide
A GILT-BRONZE DESK BOX
RUSSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Rectangular, the stepped base rising to a body engraved to simulate wood grain, the escutcheon applied with later badge of the 50th Jubilee of the Reform of the Law, the hinged cover surmounted by a realistically cast peasant reclining against an inkwell, with hinged cover, apparently unmarked
7½ in. (19 cm.) wide
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