AN IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT INKWELL

MARKED KLEBNIKOV WITH THE SUPPLIER MARK FOR GRAND DUKE MIKHAIL ALEXANDROVICH AND KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH, MOSCOW, 1878

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AN IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT INKWELL
marked Klebnikov with the supplier mark for Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich and Konstantin Nikolaevich, Moscow, 1878
The rectangular-shaped base with a circular tower at each corner engraved with geometric motifs; the top of the inkwell surmounted by a young peasant flirting couple on a silver-gilt bench; the silver-gilt stippled ground imitating grass with a realistically designed fence in the back; each cover of the two inkstands surmounted by a cast basket of fruit, gilt interior, fully marked
12in. (30.5cm.) long
93.115oz. (2896.2gr.)

Lot Essay

The specific Imperial warrant on the above piece refers to the fact that in 1872, the Klebnikov firm became an official supplier to Grand Dukes Konstantin Nikolaevich and Vladimir Alexandrovich. See Ivanov, A.N. Gold and Silversmiths in Russia, Moscow, 2002, p. 231

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