HISTORIC MILITARIA & WARTIME COLLECTIBLES

A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE

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Start price: $800

Estimated price: $1,600 - $2,400

Buyer's premium: 25%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

A set of Russian portrait miniatures on ivory. With Russian writing on back. Portraits are fixed in a metal frame. Despite the miniature size, the portraits are skillfully detailed, facial features and clothing elements, jewelry and insignia are clearly expressed. There are portraits of Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Count Alexander Borisovich Buturlin and another unidentified Russian nobleman of the XVIII century (the signature on the back is present, but is unintelligible).

Dimensions : 1 x 1 1/2 in., (2.5 x 3.8 cm.)

Condition : Very good