A VERY RARE ENAMEL AND GOLD RAILWAY JETON
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE VAILLANT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1874
In the form of a shield surmounted by the Imperial Russian crown, applied with silver rails, with the enamelled coats of arms of Russian Governorates of Penza, Tambov, Saratov and Simbirsk, the reverse inscribed in Russian ‘Morshansk / Syzran / J. B. Schöne / Railway open / 1874’, marked on the reverse of the crown; in the original J.Vaillant case, sold together with an accompanying note from the family of Julius Schöne
1 7⁄8 in. (4.8 cm.) high, with loop
A VERY RARE ENAMEL AND GOLD RAILWAY JETON
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE VAILLANT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1874
In the form of a shield surmounted by the Imperial Russian crown, applied with silver rails, with the enamelled coats of arms of Russian Governorates of Penza, Tambov, Saratov and Simbirsk, the reverse inscribed in Russian ‘Morshansk / Syzran / J. B. Schöne / Railway open / 1874’, marked on the reverse of the crown; in the original J.Vaillant case, sold together with an accompanying note from the family of Julius Schöne
1 7⁄8 in. (4.8 cm.) high, with loop