Gilt Snuff Box with Map of Velikii Ustiug, a Northern City in the Vologda Province

Inscriptions

Marks on bottom inside. Assayer M.I. (for Matvei Ivanov Igumouv [died 1876]) with date mark 1816; same marks inside lid; 84 silver content. City mark of Velikii Ustiug, a northern city in the province of Vologda; maker (F.B.) for Fedor Klimov Bushkovskii, born 1778, active 1795-1834.

Provenance

Collected by Ralph Sylvester Bartlett (1866-1960); given to present collection, 1959.

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