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Cigar Box

The box and cover are covered overall in black lacquer. The centre front painted with a scene depicting two women in nationalistic costume playing a game of cards on a rectangular table top. One woman is dressed in a blue dress and the other in a red dress. The scene is painted in oils over gold leaf. Size: Height: 12.8 cm. X.5489

Place: Russia

Object Type: box

Period: Alexander II

Actual Date: 1867

Century: 19th century

Material: Wood

Museum Accession Number: X.5489