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Lot 11

Russian Silver Filigree Box

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

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Russian Silver Filigree Box, 19th Century,
Russian silver filigree box with a clasp at front, flower finials on lid and filigree ball feet.

Hallmarked on the inner rim below the lid with a BA within a rectangle (maker's mark for Vasily Andreyev or Vasily Akimov, both working in Moscow ca. 1900), an AA over 1893 assay master's mark for Anatoly Artsibashev, a combined 84 standard and Moscow city arms mark used 1882-1889 and Polish export marks for .875 silver used 1920-1931 and an owl's head used 1920-1963.

H: 2 5/8 W: 3 3/8 D: 2 3/8 in. Tarnish and some bends to the feet.

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John B. Stetson, Jr. United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Poland, July 3, 1925 to August 29, 1929. After 1930, the office was ranked as an Ambassador. Thence by descent in the family.