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A SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO CIRCULAR BOX
Lot 356

A SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO CIRCULAR BOX

MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'U:ZH', VELIKII USTIUG, 1780

Closed1 June 2015

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A SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO CIRCULAR BOX
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'U:ZH', VELIKII USTIUG, 1780
Circular, the cover and base centring an oval cartouche on a gilt stippled ground, the cover depicting a townscape, the base depicting a hunter with hound in a landscape, within chased ropework borders, marked inside base and on flange, also with French import mark
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diameter
5.63 oz. (175.1 gr.) gross

Specialist note

The Zhilin family of Velikii Ustiug were renowned masters of niello work in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It can be assumed that the workmaster of the present box was related to the Zhilin family.

A similar box was sold Christie's, New York, 23 October 2000, lot 25.