Three silver niello snuff-boxes
Three silver niello snuff-boxes

UNRECORDED MAKER'S CYRILLIC MARK OB, MOSCOW, 1846; VELIKII USTIUG, CIRCA 1800; MOSCOW, 1889, INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK

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Three silver niello snuff-boxes
unrecorded maker's cyrillic mark OB, Moscow, 1846; Velikii Ustiug, circa 1800; Moscow, 1889, indistinct maker's mark
Rectangular, the first with the Falconet statue of Peter the Great on the cover and the Stock Exchange on the base within chevron and trellis borders, marked inside cover and base; the second of narrow form, with fine striped panels in bright-cut borders, marked in base; and another, with buildings on the cover between foliate scalloped ends, the base with similar ends and chequered design, trellis sides, marked in cover and base
3in. (7.5cm.) long and smaller (3)

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