Signature: GEORGE.A.PARIS (engraved on rim)
Inscription: A slip of paper is inside box with the following, written in ink (in both French and Russian): "The heir to the throne brought [this] to me from Moscow and kissed me. 15 november 1850."
Engraved on insetting rim of cover: 980
Marking: [1] crowned fleur-de-lis, 2 grains de remède, JG, device a star (maker's mark of Jean George)
[2] crossed laurel branches (Paris charge mark for gold and small silver, 1762-68)
[3] crowned italic A (Paris warden's mark for gold, 1764-65)
[4] hound's head (Paris discharge mark for gold and small silver, 1762-68)
Location of marks:
[1] - [3]: inside wall of box
[4]: on insetting rim of cover
