On this snuffbox the complexity of the paillon decoration and refinement of the painted enamel ground – fine horizontal bands in two shades of amber overlaid by correspondingly thin vertical dark brown lines – are particularly noteworthy. In the painted vignette on the lid both the colour palette used for the trees and the way the foliage has been rendered are reminiscent of similar decoration on snuffboxes made by Frères Jordan at the same date: see, for example, inventory number 2288/ДПИ

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