A niello beaker and two niello snuff-boxes
A niello beaker and two niello snuff-boxes

UNRECORDED MAKER'S MARK JJ, MOSCOW, 1848; UNKNOWN MAKER'S CYRILLIC MARK IO, MOSCOW, 1821; IVAN KALT'KOV, MOSCOW, 182?

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A niello beaker and two niello snuff-boxes
unrecorded maker's mark JJ, Moscow, 1848; unknown maker's Cyrillic mark IO, Moscow, 1821; Ivan Kalt'kov, Moscow, 182?
The beaker of cylindrical form with flared engine-turned rim and rounded base on reeded foot, with an inscribed "View of the Treasury" on one side and a stormy harbour on the reverse, within floral scroll cartouches wtih foliate scrolls between, on broad stippled band, the upper border engraved 'Hilgers' and dated '20.6.40'; together with an oval snuff-box depicting a bearded man on a lion? with a town in the background to the cover, and two ships in a harbour on the base, in laurel borders, the sides with architectural designs; and a rectangular slightly curved snuff-box with a soldier descending from his carriage to help a girl lying by the road on the cover and with a view of the Stock Exchange on the reverse, in stiff-leaf borders, both marked in cover and base
cup 3in. (7.7cm.) high; boxes 3 7/8in (9.8cm.) and 3in. (7.7cm.) long (3)