A RARE PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO BOX
PROBABLY VELIKII USTIUG, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The niello cover depicting the portrait of Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov after I. Kreützinger, within a gilt stippled rim, the reverse nielloed with a classical allegory of Victory, apparently unmarked, with import marks on rim
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) diameter
A RARE PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO BOX
PROBABLY VELIKII USTIUG, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The niello cover depicting the portrait of Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov after I. Kreützinger, within a gilt stippled rim, the reverse nielloed with a classical allegory of Victory, apparently unmarked, with import marks on rim
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) diameter