![Manufacture impériale d'armement de TOULA.
Small rectangular snuffbox in polished steel.
Hinged lid decorated with two flower vases, mask, feathers, garlands of flowers and applied pewter and chased brass frame. The center features a stretched octagonal table decorated with a floral basket. The sides are decorated with garlands.
Interior lined with polished brass.
RUSSIA, late 18th or early 19th century.
36 x 63 x 15 mm.
Minor scratches and dents; minor oxidation.
Bibliography
- A comparable box appears in Maria Danilovna MALCHENKO's "Art Object in Steel by Tula Crafstmen" [Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1974] under number 94.
- Several similarly decorated boxes are reproduced in J. KUGEL, "Trésors des Tzars" [Fiorepubblicità 1998], under numbers 189 and 198.](https://cdn.drouot.com/d/lot/fullHD/58/179568/708b95daca3e3822fa38aaa0b04ddb5f)
Manufacture impériale d'armement de TOULA. Small rectangular snuffbox in polished steel. Hinged lid decorated with two flower vases, mask, feathers, garlands of flowers and applied pewter and chased brass frame. The center features a stretched octagonal table decorated with a floral basket. The sides are decorated with garlands. Interior lined with polished brass. RUSSIA, late 18th or early 19th century. 36 x 63 x 15 mm. Minor scratches and dents; minor oxidation. Bibliography - A comparable box appears in Maria Danilovna MALCHENKO's "Art Object in Steel by Tula Crafstmen" [Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1974] under number 94. - Several similarly decorated boxes are reproduced in J. KUGEL, "Trésors des Tzars" [Fiorepubblicità 1998], under numbers 189 and 198.
Estimate
€350 - €500
Result
€750
Buyer's premium
26%
Manufacture impériale d'armement de TOULA.
Small rectangular snuffbox in polished steel.
Hinged lid decorated with two flower vases, mask, feathers, garlands of flowers and applied pewter and chased brass frame. The center features a stretched octagonal table decorated with a floral basket. The sides are decorated with garlands.
Interior lined with polished brass.
RUSSIA, late 18th or early 19th century.
36 x 63 x 15 mm.
Minor scratches and dents; minor oxidation.
Bibliography
- A comparable box appears in Maria Danilovna MALCHENKO's "Art Object in Steel by Tula Crafstmen" [Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1974] under number 94.
- Several similarly decorated boxes are reproduced in J. KUGEL, "Trésors des Tzars" [Fiorepubblicità 1998], under numbers 189 and 198.