Two gem-set, silver-gilt and cut-glass kovshi, Ivan Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1908-1917

Property from an Important Private Collection

Two gem-set, silver-gilt and cut-glass kovshi, Ivan Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1908-1917

of traditional forms, the bodies with geometric and fan patterns, the wide flattened handles cast and chased with birds in the Art-Nouveau style, each set with a cabochon chalcedony, on circular silver bases, struck underneath the handles Khlebnikov in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial warrant, one with workmaster’s initials on the base, and one further numbered ‘542’, 84 standard

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length 14.5cm, 5 7/10in.