Peter the Great box, Peter I the Great (Tsar of Russia), 1724 box Flat oval ivory box with lid turned by Tsar Peter the Great and honored by him to his doctor Nicolaas Bidloo. On the underside, a inscription is engraved over the entire surface; Decorations in the lid, with centrally three star -shaped twelve -pointed rosettes on top of each other, around oval rings, around it again a double ring of small waves; The side of the lid is formed by a few sloping ridges. Inscription on the lid: Opus Petri Magni Primi Totius Russiae imperatoris propria manu torno factum mihi nicolas bidloo archiatro
Peter the Great box, Peter I the Great (Tsar of Russia), 1724 box Flat oval ivory box with lid turned by Tsar Peter the Great and honored by him to his doctor Nicolaas Bidloo. On the underside, a inscription is engraved over the entire surface; Decorations in the lid, with centrally three star -shaped twelve -pointed rosettes on top of each other, around oval rings, around it again a double ring of small waves; The side of the lid is formed by a few sloping ridges. Inscription on the lid: Opus Petri Magni Primi Totius Russiae imperatoris propria manu torno factum mihi nicolas bidloo archiatro suo, in aeteram ejus gratia memoriam petropoli clementer largitum consistenter acreligiocomo. This ivory box is stored in an oval box from Tombak with a painting. Sint-Petersburg ivory cutting rosette ~ ornament Siberia
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