Wandering bear Russian niello silver late 19C antique snuff tobacco box

Wandering bear Russian niello silver late 19C antique snuff tobacco box^Sale

Regular price $350.00

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Vendor: ScandinaviAntique

Type: Silver box

Description

Rounded handy case bears the picture of rounded bear in the forest and overall decorated with floral ornament. There are no hallmarks found but guaranteed silver at least 84 purity. Guaranteed Russian make of late 19th century. The grooves on the silver surface were cut by hand with a chisel (engraving) and subsequently covered with black enamel or inked with special compositions. This jewelry technique was very popular in Russia.
Size app.: 9 cm long (roughly 3.6).Very Good condition, usage wear. Please study good resolution images for cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight is 89 gr it is going to measure some 0.25 kg of volume packed for shipment.
For a long time, small objects of applied art have become objects of a collecting passion that has no geographical or temporal boundaries - elegant boxes for various purposes, the most massive of which were snuff boxes. Interest in them, however, is quite understandable: their collections reflected historical events and artistic styles, the social status of the owners, social preferences, fashion trends and technical progress.