Russian Silver-Gilt & Niello Snuff Box


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reference number: RS_066

1815

silver

length: 9 cm

maker’s mark: Cyrillic initials I.O. of an unknown master, active during 1802-1816

assay’s mark: Cyrillic initials I.V. of Ivan Vihlyaev

assay mark of Moscow, 1815

silver standard: 84 zolotnik

Silver-gilt hinged snuff box, decorated with niello throughout. The top of the box shows Falconet’s Peter the Great Equestrian Statue. The rock underneath carved with an inscription ‘To Peter I from Ekaterina II’. The bottom and the sides are decorated with military trophies.

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