A painted lacquer Tobacco-jar and Snuff-box
A painted lacquer Tobacco-jar and Snuff-box

THE FIRST BY THE VISHNIAKOV FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1872, THE SECOND RUSSIAN, CIRCA 1880

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A painted lacquer Tobacco-jar and Snuff-box
the first by the Vishniakov Factory, Moscow, circa 1872, the second Russian, circa 1880
Both circular, the first with detachable cover painted with a winter troika, silver interior, marked inside cover; the second with the Soldier's Farewell, with deep red interior, apparently unmarked
4.5/8in. (12.5cm.) and 3in. (8.3cm.) diam. (2)

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