RUSSIAN 18TH CENTURY SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO BOX Maker’s mark of Ivan Zhilin, assay master Alexei Torlov, Veliky Ustyug, circa 1790s

Hallmarks: maker’s mark in Old Slavic ‘IZh’ and in Cyrillic ‘IZh’ with two dots above I (for Ivan Zhilin (1796-1812), assay’s master’s mark in Cyrillic ‘AT’ (for Torlov Alexei) below a date 179.., city mark of Veliky Ustyug 9.7 x 4.8 cm gross weight: 150 gr.