Lot Essay
For another example of a gold snuff-box marked both with Yashinov's initials in cyrillic and Barbe's signature in script, see Serge Grandjean, Les tabatières du Louvre, Paris, 1981, nr523.
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A GOLD SNUFF BOX SET WITH A CAMEO
MAKER'S MARKS ALEXANDER ILYICH YASHINOV AND BARBE, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1825
Rectangular, with bombé sides engraved with acanthus arcade on matte ground, the base with guilloché engraved panel bordered by engraved foliage on matte ground, the hinged cover chased with scrolling foliage and set with a rectangular grey agate cameo depicting a woman in classical dress riding on the back of a tiger and holding a scarf inscribed "ZENAIDE", marked on interior--3¾in. (95mm.) long
MAKER'S MARKS ALEXANDER ILYICH YASHINOV AND BARBE, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1825
Rectangular, with bombé sides engraved with acanthus arcade on matte ground, the base with guilloché engraved panel bordered by engraved foliage on matte ground, the hinged cover chased with scrolling foliage and set with a rectangular grey agate cameo depicting a woman in classical dress riding on the back of a tiger and holding a scarf inscribed "ZENAIDE", marked on interior--3¾in. (95mm.) long