THREE PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO ÉTUIS
VARIOUS MAKERS, RUSSIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of typical form, one nielloed with stars on a striped ground, two decorated with cartouches nielloed with architectural columns on gilt stippled ground, one engraved with date ‘1784’ and initials ‘OP’, two with marks for Velikiy Ustiug, one with indistinct marks; one also with import marks
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long and smaller
5 oz. (155 gr.) gross
THREE PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO ÉTUIS
VARIOUS MAKERS, RUSSIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of typical form, one nielloed with stars on a striped ground, two decorated with cartouches nielloed with architectural columns on gilt stippled ground, one engraved with date ‘1784’ and initials ‘OP’, two with marks for Velikiy Ustiug, one with indistinct marks; one also with import marks
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long and smaller
5 oz. (155 gr.) gross