ST PETERSBURG, 1793 OR 1795, MAKER'S MARK RUBBED
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A RUSSIAN GOLD-LINED COMPOSITION BONBONNIÈRE SET WITH A HAIR PANEL
St Petersburg, 1793 or 1795, maker's mark rubbed
Circular gold-lined black composition box, the cover centred by an octagonal gold panel stamped with flowers on a matted ground with oval glazed aperture, framing a rectangular hair composition of an Altar of Love, surrounded by brown hair; with fitted original silk lined red morocco case with gold-stamped floral border
3¼ in. (83 mm.) diam. (2)
St Petersburg, 1793 or 1795, maker's mark rubbed
Circular gold-lined black composition box, the cover centred by an octagonal gold panel stamped with flowers on a matted ground with oval glazed aperture, framing a rectangular hair composition of an Altar of Love, surrounded by brown hair; with fitted original silk lined red morocco case with gold-stamped floral border
3¼ in. (83 mm.) diam. (2)