A PARCEL-GILT AND NIELLO BOX

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A PARCEL-GILT AND NIELLO BOX
with illegible Cyrillic marks, Moscow, circa 1800

Circular, the detachable cover depicting the statue of Peter the Great by Falconet, in St. Petersburg, on gilt stippled ground within stylized nielloed acanthus leaves, the base with trophies on gilt stippled ground, the sides with similar trophies - 8.8 cm diam. (90 g)

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