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Victorian sterling silver 'Mezeppa' snuff box, by Thomas Evans,…
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Perth
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19-Nov-2013
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Victorian sterling silver 'Mezeppa' snuff box, by Thomas Evans, London 1837, the top depicts a pictorial scene of Ivan Stepanovich, Mazeppa tied to a horse fleeing with two wolves in the undergrowth. Engine turned decoration to the sides and base of the box. Length 9 cm. Width 5.5 cm. Height 2 cm. Mazeppa is a narrative poem written by the English, romantic poet Lord Byron in 1819, It is based upon a popular legend about the early life of Ivan Mazeppa (1639-1709) A Ukrainian gentleman., According to the poem, the young Mazeppa has a love, affair with a married Countess while serving as a page, at the court of King John II Casimir Vasa, on discovering the affair, the court punished Mazeppa, by tying him naked to a wild horse and setting the horse loose
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Recreations & Pursuits: Snuff