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Treaties of Tilsit commemorative tea box
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Treaties of Tilsit commemorative tea box
St. Petersburg, circa 1807
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Object N° 1151

Square-shaped tea box in transparent moulded crystal, cut and engraved, commemorating the Treaties of Tilsit signed in July 1807, decorated on each side with the crowned profiles of Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Emperor Napoleon I, as well as their monograms surmounting military trophies.

Cork stopper and original silver plated metal frame.

H. 10.5 x L. 8 cm.

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A tea box from the"service n°177" with the same shape but with a different and less rich decoration is reproduced in the exhibition catalogue of the Centenary of the Patriotic War of 1812, Moscow, ed. V. Bozhovsky, 1913, p. 280