of round shape, the painted cover features an erotic scene between a young gentleman and three ladies in a private setting, black exterior and interior, diameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.), height: 1.5 cm (5/8 in.), tempera and varnish over papier-mache, the inside of the cover marked with gilt Imperial warrant with the cypher of Alexander II, a red painted inscription in Cyrillic Lukutin factories runs around the warrant in a hemicycle