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A CIRCULAR SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO SNUFF-BOX
no apparent maker's mark, Moscow, 1798, assay master Andrei Titov
The cover decorated with a scene of a partly nude gentleman laying in a garden landscape whilst the gardiner cuts the hedges, surrounded with C-scrolls and foliage with the sun shining above, the reverse with a similar scene and with houses in the background, the walls with bands of foliage above and with rows of houses and seated ladies and gentlemen, all over a matted gilt ground - 9.5cm diam (150gr)
no apparent maker's mark, Moscow, 1798, assay master Andrei Titov
The cover decorated with a scene of a partly nude gentleman laying in a garden landscape whilst the gardiner cuts the hedges, surrounded with C-scrolls and foliage with the sun shining above, the reverse with a similar scene and with houses in the background, the walls with bands of foliage above and with rows of houses and seated ladies and gentlemen, all over a matted gilt ground - 9.5cm diam (150gr)