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.
Russian Silver-Gilt & Niello Snuff Box
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