Pillbox/snuffbox?

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madej
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Pillbox/snuffbox?

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Hi.
I do not have access to literature at the moment. Will you identify the silvermith? Assayer is Andrey Antonovich Kovalsky (1821-1856 Moskow) Object is a snuffbox or a pillbox?

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madej
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Re: Pillbox/snuffbox?

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HI.
I checked in -P.L-but I do not see the silvsmith about E-B initials.
Do other sources give something about the silversmith of this pillbox?
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Juke
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Re: Pillbox/snuffbox?

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Hi!

Most likely it is Elias Bergqvist PL#1573.

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Re: Pillbox/snuffbox?

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Hi!

Some additional information:

Bergqvist Elias (born in 1823, Finland) — in 1842 came to St. Petersburg to become an apprentice, in 1848 — master’s assistant, in 1849 — goldsmith, in 1858 masterjeweller, known till 1883; in 1849 his address was: B. Morskaya str., Potapov’s house. St. Petersburg.

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Re: Pillbox/snuffbox?

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Hello!
Bergqvist worked in St. Petersburg but the box was made in Moscow. Most likely the maker is Yegor Vladimirov.
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Re: Pillbox/snuffbox?

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Hi!

Could not find any other E.B maker in PL so if the city mark is Moscow most probably Ubaranda has the right silversmith.

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Re: Pillbox/snuffbox?

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Thanx .
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