BY IVER WINFELT BUCH (1749-1811), MARKED, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD

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A RUSSIAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
BY IVER WINFELT BUCH (1749-1811), MARKED, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
circular box, the sides and base set with panels of opaque sky-blue enamel within white enamel frames, the base centred with an opaque white enamel circle with taille d’épargne gold foliage, the cover with yellow enamel foliate rim and set with a miniature depicting a classical scene, on ivory
2¾ in. (70 mm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Iver Buch was a Norwegian goldsmith working in Russia. His best-known work is a gold chalice of 1791 which was part of a liturgical set commissioned by Catherine the Great and presented by her to the Aleksandr Nevsky Monastery in St Petersburg on 29 August 1791.

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