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On the lid of the box is a nocturnal landscape in which a mounted warrior gazes at the moon. The image bears the initials AB in Cyrillic for a miniature painter, most probably Aleksandr Borozdin (born 1880), who worked for Vasilii Pavlovich Gurianov, a supplier of icons to Fabergé. Bordering the landscape is a band of geometric and vegetal forms. The reverse of the box is richly patterned in motifs associated with the works of Fedor Rückert. A trapezoidal panel with blossoms in red and blue over a white ground is in the centre. Above and below are abstract organic shapes in violet, orange-brown, turquoise, and green. Four cloudberry-like blossoms with bright blue triangles appear in the corners.
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"[Symbols] On inner surfaces of lid and box: kokoshnik right",
"delta; [Mark] In Latin: W.A. Bolin overstriking FR (in Cyrillic); [Inscription] Inside lid: To our best friend P.P. Roudakoff with affectionate regards",
"Mary and Frank Vastich",
"December 31",
"1948",
"Berlin"
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