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TWO RUSSIAN GLAZED CERAMIC MUGS
EACH MARKED KUZNETSOV, TVER, IN OVERGLAZE GREEN, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Cylindrical, the handles formed as vine tendrils, the sides with grapes and vines, one mug with white ground and gilt rim with the Russian inscription "To the health of the Hostess", the other with a pink ground and reading "To friendship"
Each 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high (2)
EACH MARKED KUZNETSOV, TVER, IN OVERGLAZE GREEN, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Cylindrical, the handles formed as vine tendrils, the sides with grapes and vines, one mug with white ground and gilt rim with the Russian inscription "To the health of the Hostess", the other with a pink ground and reading "To friendship"
Each 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Count and Countess Lev Tolstoy
Countess Nina Tolstoy
Countess Nina Tolstoy