Table snuffbox, ca. 1745–50, Russian, probably Velikiy Ustyug, Shell; gilded, matted, punched, and engraved silver; niello, 2 1/4 × 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (5.7 × 10.5 × 6.4 cm), Metalwork-Silver In Combination, Niello scenes after a print entitled Naufrage (Shipwreck) by Jacques de Lajoüe (French, Paris 1686–1761 Paris) , published in Paris 1736, The niello, a preeminently important Russian technique of decorating silver, follows the print Naufrage by Jacques de Lajoue (1687–1761), published in Paris in 1736 and integrated into a pattern book. A copy was in Catherine's extensive library
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Table snuffbox, ca, 1745–50, Russian, Velikiy Ustyug, Shell, gilded, matted, punched, engraved silver, niello, 2 1/4, 4 1/8, 1/2, 5.7, 10.5, 6.4 cm, Metalwork-Silver, Combination, Niello scenes after a print entitled Naufrage, Shipwreck, by Jacques de Lajoüe, French, Paris, 1686–1761, published in Paris, 1736, preeminently important, technique, decorating, follows, print, Jacques de, Lajoue, 1687–1761, published, integrated, pattern book, copy, Catherine, extensive library
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