A silver-gilt and pictorial enamel snuffbox, Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, 1890s

A silver-gilt and pictorial enamel snuffbox, Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, 1890s

the lid painted en plein with wildflowers on sky blue ground, the body enamelled with varicoloured scrolls and foliage on gilt stippled ground, with white bead borders, struck on the inside and under the lid with workmaster’s initials in Cyrillic, 84 standard 

diameter 6.2cm, 2 1/2in.