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A RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT-SILVER AND NIELLO BOX AND COVER, ASSAY MASTER ALEXEI IVANOV TORLOV, VELIKY USTYUG, 1788 circular, top and base centred by entwined scroll initials MG in a matted ground roundel surrounded by a band of concentric rose-turning within a pellet and formal leaf rim, the sides with further engine-turning and the same rims, gilt interior, no maker's mark 10.8cm diameter, 283gr (9oz) Veliky Ustyug had prospered from its strategic position on the trade route to the White Sea, but the town's fortunes diminished following the founding of St Petersburg. In the 18th century it had established itself as a centre for enamels, icon painting, and silver, especially its particularly high quality niello work. Despite being unable to compete with the large manufacturers that grew in St Petersburg and Moscow in the 19th century, the craft of niello work is still carried out in the town to this day. The circular boxes of very good gauge silver such the present example were a popular form at the end of the 18th century and often bore no maker's mark (see another sold in these rooms, 23 November 2016, lot 508), although a number of similar examples carry the maker's mark of the niello master Ivan Zhilin. Descriptions in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports and all lots are sold as viewed. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in good condition. Prospective bidders are recommended to request a condition report prior to bidding, wherever possible satisfying themselves in person at the gallery as to the condition of a lot.