A Russian Silver-Mounted and Jeweled Wood Box, Orest Kurlyukov, Moscow, circa 1910

of salt throne form, set with multiple shaped cartouches ornamented with scrolling and floriate forms in low relief, also applied with scrolling cables, the raised triangular back panel surmounted by an abstract bird within a circular frame from which hang pale purple hardstones, the back panel also set with a darker purple hardstone

some of the cables slightly loose, the back of the raised panel with slight accretion from a label, one of the pale purple stones with small chip
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