A PAIR OF SILVER CHANGE PURSES MOSCOW AND SAINT PETERSBURG 19TH C.
one in the shape of a miniature purse, each side with a niello design set against a basket-weave pattern, the other of rectangular form with rounded corners, the exterior with an intersecting circle design, one side with a half-moon face, the interior with powder-blue change compartments, length; 7.5 cm. (3 in.) each, 84 standard each, 127.8 g.