MONEY BOX, steel inlaid from brass and pewter, Drum shape, with classic decoration of falls and garlands of roses, palmettes and branches, hinged lid with a slot is decorated in the same way, the latch is closed by a pretty padlock, lockable.
Original lining from faded red velvet.
A model that we owe to SVECHNIKOV, unsigned. Work of the imperial arms factory of TOULA, first half of the 19th century, Height: 6 cm. Diameter: 5.7 cm.
Very good condition, no flaws, no missing inlay.
See on last photo a record price in Paris for a money box of this model.
see: - Christies sale, Paris, May 5, 2011
Exhibition: - Treasures of the Tsars, Russia and Europe from Peter the Great to Nicholas I, J. Kugel, 1998, pp.78-79, ill. 195 and 199.