A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO CARTOGRAPHIC BOX

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£ 8 000
Auction dateClassic
23.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 263 | A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO CARTOGRAPHIC BOX
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO CARTOGRAPHIC BOX

MARK OF FEODOR BUSHKOVSKII, VELIKII USTIUG, 1822

Rectangular with cut corners, the hinged cover with a niello panoramic view of Velikii Ustiug seen from the left bank of the river Sukhona, with a Russian descriptive banner above, the reverse nielloed with a map of the Vologda region on stippled gilt ground, with keys, scale and distance chart, the sides with coat-of-arms of Vologda region, bright-cut rims on the cover and sides, gilt interior, marked inside base and on rim

3 ½ in. (9 cm.) long

6.2 oz. (193 gr.) gross

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