TABAQUERA DE PLATA Y DORADO. Por KOMARNITSKY, Moscú, hacia 1850. De forma cilíndrica, decorada en el centro con una moneda con la efigie del emperador Pablo I firmada Carl Alexander Leberecht (1749-1827), sin fecha [1796], conmemorativa de su coronación, y en el reverso aparece la cruz de la Orden de San Jorge, en un marco de estrellas de plata nielada. En el reverso de esta tabaquera hay una vista de la escultura de Pedro el Grande a caballo realizada por Falconet en San Petersburgo en plata y nielado. Interior forrado de oro. Algo desgastada, pero en general en buen estado. Sello: Moscú, hacia 1850. Sellos de orfebre: G. K. (probablemente G. Komarnitsky), activo entre los siglos XVIII y XIX. Altura: 2 cm - Diámetro: 9,5 cm. Peso: 159 g

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