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Lot 134
Sale 2687 - The Collection of Amb. & Mrs. Alexander Weddell - The Virginia House Museum
Apr 10, 2019
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$4,000 -
6,000
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$3,625
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Lot Description
A FINE RUSSIAN MEDAL-SET SILVER, PARCEL-GILT AND NIELLO SNUFFBOX unknown maker ab, Moscow, circa 1784
Circular, the lid set with a medal depicting Grand Duke Paul Petrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna in double profile and signed Wæchter created for their wedding on 26 September, 1776, the interior struck with unknown maker's mark AB (cf. Postnikova-Losseva, Zolotoe i serebryanoe delo XV-XX vv., Moscow, 1995, No. 2152, p. 207) and indistinct assay master's mark, dated 1784.
H: 7/8, Dia: 3 7/8 in. Weight: 7.13 oz. t.