A RUSSIAN SILVER NIELLO SNUFFBOX, DECORATED WITH A VIOLONIST PLAYING UNDER A TREE, UNMARKED, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1780 | A Russian silver niello snuffbox, decorated with a violonist playing under a tree, unmarked, Russia, circa 1780

the lid decorated with a scene representing a violonist playing under a tree on which are perched a peacok and a dove, surrounded by a horse, a goat, a dog and a lion within scrolls on matted ground, the frame engraved with a Cyrillic sentence meaning "Love does not extinguish with death"