File:Elizabeth I of Russia, att. F.Sampsois (c.1797, Hillwood museum).jpg

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Snuffbox with Miniature of Empress Elizabeth I Made by: Unknown __ __Box Sampsois, François __Attr. __Miniature On view in: Mansion Exhibit - Icon Room - TV 2

About this object A rectangular hinged box. On the cover is a rectangular miniature of Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta Petrovna) of Russia seated at half length. She is wearing a blue sash probably of the order of Saint Andrew and holding a closed fan in her right hand. A column and a piece of drapery are in the background. The miniature is framed by a narrow tooled gold band and another in black enamel. The top of the lid, the upper part of the sides and the bottom of the box are edged by a band of gold palmettes in overlapping crescents on a black ground, outlined in light blue enamel. The sides and the bottom are covered with a criss-cross pattern with rosettes in tooled gold.

Category: GOLDWORK Object name:Container for Smoking and Tobacco UseMade from: Gold -- enamel -- miniature Made in: FRANCE: Paris Date made:ca. 1797Size: H. 3 3/16 in., W. 2 3/4 in.

box __8.10 CM __9.52 CM
Source http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/collection/item/11.29?r=/collection/search?s=empress
Author Sampsois, François __Attr.
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