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SNUFF BOX

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

On cover a man and a woman are reclining in the foreground with a tree and some ruins behind them. A building in the background at left and right. A leaf border. On sides are walls with buildings behind wall. On bottom of box, a building, in central background, in a fantastic style.

Object name:
SNUFF BOX
Made from:
Silver gilt -- niello
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1835
Size:
5.7 x 8.4 cm (2 1/4 x 3 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
13.159
Class:
NIELLO
Signature marks:
MARK St. George and the Dragon, 84, ?, Ob
Credit line:
Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966