A parcel-gilt silver trompe l'oeil covered box, Sazikov, Moscow, 1872

the basket-weave base with a lid formed as a mound of realistically cast varicoloured silver mushrooms and fungi, 84 standard

Sotheby's London, 18 November 1999, lot 391

Two of the mushrooms are slightly loose. There is general wear consistent with age and use. Some of the exterior gilt has worn.
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For a similar example by Sokolov, see Christie's London, 29 November 2006, lot 176, and for a Khlebnikov example, see Sotheby's London, 19 February 1998, lot 391.