The miniature stylizes the forms and techniques of wood carving and birch bark decor. On the inner surface of the lid, a chicken in the field is engraved, which probably embodies the well-known slogan of diligence: The chicken pecks grain by grain and will be full.
Moscow 1874. 84 sample of silver.
Assay master: Svechin. (Worked 1862-1875).
Master: I.P. Prudnikov Ivan Semenovich.The owner of the jewelry workshop in 1871-1896. In 1884, he had 25 workers and produced goods worth 20,000 rubles. Nearby are French import hallmarks of 875 silver.
Weight: 75 gr.
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