Gold rectangular diamond and enamelled Imperial presentation snuffbox, with rounded corners, top panel with large central vertical oval plaque depicting a miniature portrait of the Crown Prince Nikolai Alexandrovich, the future Tsar Nikolai II (1868-1919), wearing red military jacket with a band and a star of the Order of Saint Andrew, founded by the Emperor Peter the Great in 1698 and a badge of the Order of Saint George, founded by the Empress Catherine the Great in 1769, within a cushion old European-cut diamond lined border, topped by a diamond Imperial crown and flanked by the interlaced Arabesqy scroll pattern, also set with diamonds on polished gold ground, all with a shaped raised reeded border, the rear side with protruding hinge, the front one - with protruding shaped thumb ramp, the side and base chased and decorated with horizontal reeding, all within the raised polished edge.

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