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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE CASKET, the hinged slightly-coffered rectangular top enclosing a purple velvet-lined interior, the body edged with laurel and on splayed anthemion and scroll feet, second quarter 19th Century

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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE CASKET, the hinged slightly-coffered rectangular top enclosing a purple velvet-lined interior, the body edged with laurel and on splayed anthemion and scroll feet, second quarter 19th Century
6¾in. (17cm.) wide, maximum; 3½in. (9cm.) high; 4¾in. (12cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A very slightly larger malachite coffer of this type was exhibited in Essen in 1990 (see: Kultursiftung Ruhr, St. Petersburg um 1800, 1990, p. 412, no. 367 and p. 415)

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