Lot 423
  • 423

A silver and enamel tea glass holder and spoon, Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, 1892

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Silver, enamel
  • height of tea glass holder: 10cm, 3 7/8 in.; length of spoon: 13cm, 5 1/8 in.
the body and handle enamelled in red, white, blue and green foliage within blue dot and white line borders, the central reserve engraved with Cyrillic initials IK beneath a noble coronet and dated '20 Marta 1894', the underside of the spoon painted en plein with flowers, both 84 standard

Condition

Very minor chips to the enamel in places, otherwise in very good overall condition.
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