Box for box Peter the Great, Oval box of tombak, with a lid with a rectangular hinge attached to it, profile edges of gilded tombak are riveted along the edges of the box and lid, bottom and side are covered with leather or seal. The underside is also decorated with golden nails, along the edge, and in the middle forming a decoration of four P's hurled together with an imperial crown above it. The cover is painted with an allegory of death (by Peter the Great). Dated. Inscription., Other memorial structures, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, mourning customs, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', Siberia, Peter I the Great (tsar of Russia), Nicolaas Bidloo, anonymous, Russia (possibly), in or after 1725, tombac (alloy), gold (metal), leather, sealskin, textile materials, paper, glass, gilding, l 8.6 cm × w 6.2 cm × d 2.2 cm
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