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TWO SILVER NIELLO SNUFF-BOXES
both Moscow, one with maker's mark of Ivan Kaltikov, and assay master's initials for Nikolai Dubrovin, circa 1830; the second with indistinct maker's mark, 1873
The former of slightly curved, the cover decorated with a troika, the reverse with an architectural facade in a wooded landscape, the sides with rows of houses, the latter larger and decorated with a cityscape on one side and a vacant panel on the other, both with gilt interior - 7.7cm and 8.2cm long (208gr) (2)
both Moscow, one with maker's mark of Ivan Kaltikov, and assay master's initials for Nikolai Dubrovin, circa 1830; the second with indistinct maker's mark, 1873
The former of slightly curved, the cover decorated with a troika, the reverse with an architectural facade in a wooded landscape, the sides with rows of houses, the latter larger and decorated with a cityscape on one side and a vacant panel on the other, both with gilt interior - 7.7cm and 8.2cm long (208gr) (2)