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A FINE PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO SNUFF-BOX
Lot 368

A FINE PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO SNUFF-BOX

UNRECORDED MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'FV', MOSCOW, 1858

Closed5 June 2017

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A FINE PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO SNUFF-BOX
UNRECORDED MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'FV', MOSCOW, 1858
The hinged cover nielloed with a view of Kremlin on chased starburst, sides and base nielloed with chequered pattern, interior gilt, marked inside cover and base
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) wide
7.49 oz. (233 gr.) gross

Specialist note

For a cigarette case with a similarly nielloed view of Kremlin, see M.M. Postnikova-Loseva, et al., Russkoe Chernevoe Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1972, nos. 87-88.