А cartouche-shaped gold snuff-box with baluster sides and a raised foliate thumbpiece, overall engraved with foliate scrolls, the lid decorated with scrolls parcel-enamelled in translucent blue and opaque black, the interior of the lid engraved with a presentation inscription in Russian: “To highly esteemed Medea Ivanovna Mrs Figner in memory of the visit of Nicholai Nicholaievich to Baku 1902. / closest friends.”
Gold and Enamel Snuff-Box
circa 1850
gold, enamel
width: 8.9 cm
maker’s mark: illegible, partly rubbed
inventory number: 2324