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RUSSIA

Snuffbox with coronation medal of Empress Catherine II (1729-1796)

RCIN 3738

The fashion for snuff-taking in the eighteenth century was widespread throughout Europe, including Russia, and necessitated the development of the snuffbox. This plain example is simply mounted with a silver portrait medal of Empress Catherine II by Timofey Ivanov.


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