A RUSSIAN GOLD-MOUNTED AVENTURINE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE circa 1820, the miniature attributed to Henri Benner Oval box, the cover centered by an oval portrait miniature depicting Grand-Duke Michael Pavlovich in uniform with red facings and gold épaulettes , decorated with the Imperial Russian Order of Saint-Andrew the First Called, within a rose-cut diamond border on an oval gold mount chased and engraved in four-colour gold with garlands and flowers, the narrow gold mounts of the box engraved with stylised acanthus -- 76 mm wide , minor hairline cracking, within the original fitted silk-lined red morocco case with gilt-stamped border.
A RUSSIAN GOLD-MOUNTED AVENTURINE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE circa 1820, the miniature attributed to Henri Benner Oval box, the cover centered by an oval portrait miniature depicting Grand-Duke Michael Pavlovich in uniform with red facings and gold épaulettes , decorated with the Imperial Russian Order of Saint-Andrew the First Called, within a rose-cut diamond border on an oval gold mount chased and engraved in four-colour gold with garlands and flowers, the narrow gold mounts of the box engraved with stylised acanthus -- 76 mm wide , minor hairline cracking, within the original fitted silk-lined red morocco case with gilt-stamped border.
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