A Parcel-gilt Silver and Niello Cartographic Box mark of Feodor Bushkovskii, Velikii Ustiug, 1822 rectangular with cut corners, the hinged cover with a niello panoramic view of Velikii Ustiug seen from the left bank of the river Sukhona, with a Russian descriptive banner above, the reverse nielloed with a map of the Vologda region on stippled gilt ground, with keys, scale and distance chart, the sides with coat-of-arms of Vologda region, bright-cut rims on the cover and sides, gilt interior, 84 standard length: 9cm (3 9/16in); width: 6.3cm (2 1/2in). Footnotes: Provenance Christie's, London, anonymous sale, 9 June 2009, lot 138 Acquired at the above by the previous owner Private collection, UK Thence by succession to the present owner For comparable silver-gilt and niello cartographic cases, see A. von Solodkov, Russian Gold and Silver, Fribourg, 1981, pp. 106-107, nos. 116-120. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com