Fine Jewellery - 15th July 2021
Lot 1275
An early 19th century Russian silver gilt and niello rectangular cartographic snuff box
Estimate £7,000 - £9,000
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Description
An early 19th century Russian silver gilt and niello rectangular cartographic snuff box, the hinged cover with a map of Vologodsk Guberniya and with the names of neighbouring areas with the appropriate kilometres, the reverse with a demographic table, gilt interior, marked with the maker's and engraver's initials for Feodor Bushkovskii and Velikiy Ustyug with date 1819, 84 zolotnik, 9cm wide