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A Steel Sewing Box, Tula, probably early 19th century.
A Steel Sewing Box, Tula, probably early 19th century.
Length 8,5 cm, height 10,5 cm.
Detachable clamp for base missing, damages.
Täydennyslista
Unmarked, wear partly hard, detachable clamp for base missing, decor in places missing.
Muut tiedot
This type of object was made at the Imperial Arms Factory at Tula and would have been given to visiting diplomats or the aristocracy. A similar box without the fixing is illustrated in the catalogue published by J. Kugel in 1998, “Tresors des Tzars”, catalogue number 194, page 76.