FOUR PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO SNUFF-BOXES
THE FIRST WITH MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'FM', MOSCOW, 1841; THE SECOND, MAKER'S MARK OF DIMITRY KOLESNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1821; THE THIRD WITH MAKER'S MARK 'HM', MOSCOW, 1844; THE FORTH WITH MAKER'S MARK POSSIBLY CYRILLIC 'PV', MOSCOW, 1856
All rectangular; the first decorated on each side with a view of a city and scrolling foliage; the cover of the second engraved with two figures in a landscape, the reverse with trees and a basket of flowers; the third decorated with C-scrolls, shells and foliage; the cover of the forth engraved with the view of the column monument on the Palace Square in St Petersburg within scrolling foliage; all with gilt interiors, all marked inside cover and base
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) wide and smaller
16.53 oz. (514.1 gr.) gross (4)
FOUR PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO SNUFF-BOXES
THE FIRST WITH MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'FM', MOSCOW, 1841; THE SECOND, MAKER'S MARK OF DIMITRY KOLESNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1821; THE THIRD WITH MAKER'S MARK 'HM', MOSCOW, 1844; THE FORTH WITH MAKER'S MARK POSSIBLY CYRILLIC 'PV', MOSCOW, 1856
All rectangular; the first decorated on each side with a view of a city and scrolling foliage; the cover of the second engraved with two figures in a landscape, the reverse with trees and a basket of flowers; the third decorated with C-scrolls, shells and foliage; the cover of the forth engraved with the view of the column monument on the Palace Square in St Petersburg within scrolling foliage; all with gilt interiors, all marked inside cover and base
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) wide and smaller
16.53 oz. (514.1 gr.) gross (4)