GOLD SNUFFBOX, probably Russia, ca. 1900.
GOLD SNUFFBOX, probably Russia, ca. 1900.
Pink and yellow gold, 56 Zolotniky, 88g.
Octagonal snuffbox with engine turned surface, 4 lateral panels with volute motifs, the cover set with 1 gold ruble of 1779, with Empress Katharina II. and Russian, crowned double eagle. Applied yellow gold border with engraved acanthus leaf ornaments on sablé ground. Russian marks, Moscow, Cyrillic letters. Ca. 9,5 x 6,2 x 1,6 cm.
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GOLD SNUFFBOX, probably Russia, ca. 1900.
Pink and yellow gold, 56 Zolotniky, 88g.
Octagonal snuffbox with engine turned surface, 4 lateral panels with volute motifs, the cover set with 1 gold ruble of 1779, with Empress Katharina II. and Russian, crowned double eagle. Applied yellow gold border with engraved acanthus leaf ornaments on sablé ground. Russian marks, Moscow, Cyrillic letters. Ca. 9,5 x 6,2 x 1,6 cm.
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