Antique Russian Imperial Silver Enamel Snuff Box Moscow Yemelyan Kuznetsov 19thc
A STUNNING ANTIQUE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL MOSCOW SOLID SILVER ENAMEL TOBACCO/ SNUFF BOX / PILL BOX. C1886 1897 BY YEMELYAN KUZNETSOV - RUSSIA.
TOBACCO / SNUFF / PILL BOX, RUSSIA IMPERIAL SILVER 84 PILL BOX. 875 (84 ZOLOTNIKI) SILVER - RUSSIA.
RUSSIA IMPERIAL SILVER 84 BOX ENAMEL MULTI-COLOR. UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SILVER ENAMEL BOX DECORATED WITH BEAUTIFUL RUSSIAN POLYCHROME ENAMEL.
VERY GOOD CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE. PLEASE, LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.
SIGN OF THE MASTER EK YEMELYAN KUZNETSOV AND HEAD FACING RIGHT 84. IMPRESSIVE TOBACCO BOX, HIGH-QUALITY WORK!! HANDMADE CRAFTSMANSHIP FROM RUSSIA IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, SILVER 875 WITH BRIGHT ENAMEL COLOURS. DELICATE FILIGREE WORK WITH 5 ENAMEL COLOURS. MAKERS MARK : YEMELYAN KUZNETSOV (ALSO WORKED FOR FABERGE).OBJECT : PILL BOX, RUSSIA IMPERIAL SILVER 84 PILL BOX. MATERIAL : 875 (84 ZOLOTNIKI) SILVER. PERIOD : LATE 19TH CENTURY 1887 - 1897. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : RUSSIA MOSCOW. CONDITION : GOOD CONDITION - USED WITH SMALL SIGNS OF AGING & BLEMISHES.
THE RUSSIAN STANDARD FOR SILVER WAS BASED ON' ZOLOTNIK'. THE NAME COMES FROM'ZOLOTO' MEANING GOLD. THE UNIT ORIGINATED AS THE WEIGHT OF A GOLD COIN OF THE SAME NAME WHICH CIRCULATED AS LATE AS 11TH CENTURY IN KIEVAN RUS.ORIGINALLY, A ZOLOTNIK REPRESENTED A 1/96 OF A POUND, LATER 1/72 OF A POUND. IN THE METRIC SYSTEM, ONE ZOLOTNIK EQUALS 4,266 GRAMS, 96 ZOLOTNIKS EQUAL ONE RUSSIAN POUND. CONVERTING THE RUSSIAN MARK'S TO STERLING VALUES, WE OBTAIN THE FOLLOWING COMPARISONS IN SILVER PURITY DEGREE: 84 zol.