a rectangular niello snuff-box and three niello vodka beakers
a rectangular niello snuff-box and three niello vodka beakers

UNRECORDED MAKER'S CYRILLIC MARK OB, MOSCOW, ?1826? AND 1833, GRAVRILA USTINOV, MOSCOW, 1835, AND UNRECORDED MAKER'S MARK EE?, MOSCOW, 1836

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a rectangular niello snuff-box and three niello vodka beakers
unrecorded maker's Cyrillic mark OB, Moscow, ?1826? and 1833, Gravrila Ustinov, Moscow, 1835, and unrecorded maker's mark EE?, Moscow, 1836
The rectangular snuff-box depicting a man playing the flute to a seated lady, in architectural landscape, the base with further buildings in a landscape, within diagonal striped borders, the sides with geometric shapes, marked in cover and base; and three parcel-gilt vodka beakers of cylindrical form with flared rims and rounded bases, each with a broad band of niello design on striped and hatched engraved grounds, the first with foliate scrolls in laurel borders, the second with lodge gates in a landscape, the third with two roundel views between flowersprays in laurel borders, each marked on base
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) long; 2¼in. (5.5cm.) and slightly smaller (4)

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