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BY JOHANN WILHELM KEIBEL (1788-1862), MARKED, WITH THE ST. PETERSBURG TOWN MARK, 1846, THE 56-ZOLOTNIKI MARK FOR 14-CARAT GOLD, ASSAY MASTER DIMITRY ILYICH TVERSKOY 1837-1850, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 968
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A RUSSIAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Johann Wilhelm Keibel (1788-1862), marked, with the St. Petersburg town mark, 1846, the 56-zolotniki mark for 14-carat gold, assay master Dimitry Ilyich Tverskoy 1837-1850, the flange struck with inventory no. 968
Rectangular box with rounded corners and baluster sides, the cover applied with a plaque enamelled en taille d'épargne in blue and engraved with a Rococo scene of a couple of hunters and two hounds and a putto in a wooded landscape within a swirling rocaille foliate scroll border, the base engraved with a scene of two peasant lovers in a woodland glade, the sides similarly engraved with Rococo figures, flowers and rocaille ornament against a ground of dark blue taille d'épargne enamel, scrolling shell thumbpiece, the inside of the cover engraved with an inscription in Cyrillic
3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) wide
The Russian inscription translates as 'To Doctor Skolor of the Venerable Tverskoi Pension, given with the greatest kindness on 10th December 1846'.
by Johann Wilhelm Keibel (1788-1862), marked, with the St. Petersburg town mark, 1846, the 56-zolotniki mark for 14-carat gold, assay master Dimitry Ilyich Tverskoy 1837-1850, the flange struck with inventory no. 968
Rectangular box with rounded corners and baluster sides, the cover applied with a plaque enamelled en taille d'épargne in blue and engraved with a Rococo scene of a couple of hunters and two hounds and a putto in a wooded landscape within a swirling rocaille foliate scroll border, the base engraved with a scene of two peasant lovers in a woodland glade, the sides similarly engraved with Rococo figures, flowers and rocaille ornament against a ground of dark blue taille d'épargne enamel, scrolling shell thumbpiece, the inside of the cover engraved with an inscription in Cyrillic
3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) wide
The Russian inscription translates as 'To Doctor Skolor of the Venerable Tverskoi Pension, given with the greatest kindness on 10
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium