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Vasilevna, Tatiana Sergeevna

Box

1940s, Karsnoyarsk krai

Wood, glass, cloth, dried flowers

Length – 26.8cm Width – 20.2cm Height – 12.2cm Plate - 1cm x 0.5cm

Wooden box with removable lid. There are panels of dried flowers on a dark background, behind glass on all six sides. The glass is bordered with darkly-varnished wood. The insides of the box and the lid are covered with grey cloth, underneath which is padding. A small rectangular plate with the engraved monogram "BP" ("VR") is glued to the wooden part of the lid.

On of the glass panels is shattered. One of the corner panels has come off (not missing). In need of restoration.

Given by T.S. Vasileva. According to the owner's testimony, the box was made by her father, Sergei Sergeevich Ruzov, as a gift for his wife (her stepmother) Varvara Petrovna Ruzova, while he was in exile in the Krasnoyarsk krai.