Nielloed silver-gilt snuff-box, the cover is decorated with a composition showing three female figures and a cupid; the reverse of the box is chased with a stylized architectural landscape within borders of scrolling foliage.
Russian Silver-Gilt & Niello Snuff Box
Ivan Kaltikovreference number: RS_062
1820’s
silver
length: 8.3 cm
maker’s mark: Cyrillic initials I.K. of Ivan Kaltikov
assay’s mark: Cyrillic initials N.D. of Nikolai Dubrovin
assay mark of Moscow, 182(?)
silver standard: 84 zolotnik