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The clasp of the snuff-box is decorated with the diamond-studded figure of an eagle with a laurel wreath in its beak. Possibly the eagle here is not only a symbol of victory, but also a kind of rebus for the owner's surname - Orlov derives from the Russian for "eagle". |
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