the lid cast with two satyrs playing Russian billiard within a scrolling cartouche, the ground later enamelled blue within Slavic swirls and pellets, red glass cabochon thumbpiece, struck with workmaster's initials DN (Cyrillic), probably for Dmitri Nikolaev or D.P. Nikitin, 84 standard

The lid re-enamelled and with two areas of restoration and minor losses, wear overall, lid closure gap and thumb tab nicked and bent
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