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For a similar plate see Russian Silver, Moscow 1984, plate 15
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A pair of parcel-gilt and Niello Plates
late 17th century
Each circular plate engraved in the centre with three stylised gilt tulips emerging from a single stalk, the borders gilt with scrolling foliage and an heraldic device, apparantly defaced, against a Niello ground of miniature floral scrolls, with ropework border
each approx. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam.
454 gr. (2)
late 17th century
Each circular plate engraved in the centre with three stylised gilt tulips emerging from a single stalk, the borders gilt with scrolling foliage and an heraldic device, apparantly defaced, against a Niello ground of miniature floral scrolls, with ropework border
each approx. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam.
454 gr. (2)
Provenance
Lubovich Collection
Literature
A. v. Solodkoff, Orfèvrerie russe du XVIIe au XIXe siècle, Paris, 1981, plate 109
Michel van Rijn (editor), Icons and East Christian Works of Art (n.p., n.d.), p.160 illustrated, pp.192-193
Michel van Rijn (editor), Icons and East Christian Works of Art (n.p., n.d.), p.160 illustrated, pp.192-193
Exhibited
London, Belgrave Square, Russian Art Exhibition, 1935, nos.197 and 197a.