Snuffbox

Description

Gold D-shaped snuffbox with lid and base set with agates, the underside of the lid engraved "Presented by Peter 1st Czar of Russia to his first physician Dr Robert Areskine, The Hague, 1716"

Museum reference

H.NQ 484

Object name

Snuffbox

Date

1716

Materials

Gold, Agate

Physical description

Gold; agate, reddish-brown ; agate, grey-brown

Associations

Erskine, Robert, Dr, 1677 (b.)
Previous owner: Dr Robert Areskine
Presenter: Czar Peter I of Russia
The Hague, HOLLAND

Exhibitions

• Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Empress (13 Jul 2012 - 21 Oct 2012)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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