SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX WITH MINIATURE PORTRAITS OF ALEXANDER I AND NAPOLEON I

Lotto 150

12 00015 000

The Russian emperor is shown in the uniform of a general wearing the blue ribbon and star of the Imperial Order of Saint Andrew the First-Called. The French emperor is shown in the uniform of a colonel of the Grenadiers de la Garde-à-Pied. This snuffbox refers to the peace treaty signed by two emperors at Tilsit on 9 July 1807. Box: probably by Pierre Bourguignon, Paris, 1798-1809 Hallmarks: silversmith's mark 'P.B' in a lozenge, title and guarantee hallmark silver, gilding, bone diameter 8.4 cm Miniatures: Unknown artist, After 1807 watercolour, gouache diameter 6.9 cm

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