Sale 1161
New York
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3 - 4 December 2002
PROPERTY OF A DECEASED'S ESTATE
Price realised
USD 5,975
Estimate
A PARCEL-GILT AND NIELLO SNUFF-BOX, Marked with the initials of Afanassii & Stepan Popov, Velikii Ustiug, circa 1770, rectangular, the cover and each panel with a niello scène galante within a gilt stippled ground, with engraved cityscape and scroll borders, the interior of the cover with a similar scene, the reverse with a niello landscape, gilt interior, marked with niello initials on the base 3 1/8in. (8cm.) long; 6oz.
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