A Russian Ivory Casket, Arkhangelsk, 18th century

of stepped rectangular form, the exterior applied with carved, engraved, painted or dyed ivory panels depicting hunting dogs, rabbits and other game animals within fretwork grounds, as well as flowers and geometric ornament, also with a small swing handle to the front of the hinged cover, raised on four bracket feet, the interior divided into three large compartments

with discoloration, cracks, and losses consistent with age and use; the ivory of the central reserve on the cover mostly lost
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For similar examples in the collection of the Hermitage, see I.N. Ukhanova, Severnorusskaia reznaia kost XVII-XIX vekov, St. Petersburg, 2005, pp. 61-66.