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Maker: Unknown
Silver, parcel-gilt and niello, circular; decorated with a view of a seige on the lid and of a dockyard on the base.
Silver, parcel-gilt and niello, circular with flat pull-off lid. The lid is nielloed with a view of a seige and the names in Cyrillic script of "Ochakov" (the stronghold, top centre) "Kinburg" (top left) "Part of the Black Sea" (top right) "Part of the Ochagoshaya Steppe" (left) "River Buh" (left) and "Berezacky" Line (right); all within a gilt border of husks. The recessed base is nielloed with an image of a dockyard and part of a city; within a gilt border of husks. The sides are nielloed with images of fortified places and the names in Cyrillic script "Vender", "Snikul", "Chesna" and "Khotuin". The interior of the box is gilt.
Bequeathed by A.J. Hugh Smith through the National Art-Collections Fund, 1964
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Smith, Arnold John Hugh
18th Century, Late
Production date:
AD 1791
There is no maker's mark, but the decoration on the sides of the box is similar to that on other boxes by Ivan Zhilin
Decoration
composed of
gold
niello
Box And Lid
Diameter 8.5 cm
Height 2 cm
Accession number: M.10 & A-1964
Primary reference Number: 150707
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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