A steel jewel casket
Tula, circa 1810
Tula, circa 1810
shaped ovoid tapering to a stepped square base supported on four compressed bun feet, the sides applied with parcel-gilt floral garlands and gilt tooling, the hinged dome cover opening to reveal mirror and decorated en-suite, the body flanked and surmounted by swing handles
height: 22cm (8 11/16in).
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 26 November 2008, lot 123
Private European Collection
For a similar form in the State Historical Museum, Moscow, see ??? 57892 ?? 1585 illustrated in L. Dementieva et.al., 18th to 19th century Tula Artistic Steel, Moscow, 2015, pl. 196, p. 396.
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Tula, circa 1810
Tula, circa 1810
shaped ovoid tapering to a stepped square base supported on four compressed bun feet, the sides applied with parcel-gilt floral garlands and gilt tooling, the hinged dome cover opening to reveal mirror and decorated en-suite, the body flanked and surmounted by swing handles
height: 22cm (8 11/16in).
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 26 November 2008, lot 123
Private European Collection
For a similar form in the State Historical Museum, Moscow, see ??? 57892 ?? 1585 illustrated in L. Dementieva et.al., 18th to 19th century Tula Artistic Steel, Moscow, 2015, pl. 196, p. 396.
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