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A PARCEL-GILT CHAMPLEVÉ AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PRESENTATION CHARGER marked P. Ovchinnikov with the Imperial Warrant, Moscow, 1882
Circular, repoussé, chased and engraved in the pan-Slavic style, the centre applied with a raised circular plaque depicting Dimitri Donskoi with the Russian inscription GRAND DUKE OF ALL RUSSIA DIMITRI IVANOVICH DONSKOI 8 SEPT 1380 and with a further Russian presentation inscription TO HIS HIGHNESS THE EMPEROR ALEXSANDER ALEXSANDROVICH AND HER HIGHNESS MARIA FEODOROVNA FROM THE NOBILITY OF THE IJLA PROVINCE around the border between bands of beading, and further applied around the concave bowl with Imperial double-headed eagles alternating with trophees of arms, the flat rim set at intervals with circular champlevé enamelled medalions with the coat of arms of ...., the upper medalion with the cloisonné enamel monogram of Alexsander III and Maria Feodorovna set at intervals with silver plaques, each with half-moon motifs in clouté, with silver-gilt acanthus leaf rim -- 70 cm diam.
Circular, repoussé, chased and engraved in the pan-Slavic style, the centre applied with a raised circular plaque depicting Dimitri Donskoi with the Russian inscription GRAND DUKE OF ALL RUSSIA DIMITRI IVANOVICH DONSKOI 8 SEPT 1380 and with a further Russian presentation inscription TO HIS HIGHNESS THE EMPEROR ALEXSANDER ALEXSANDROVICH AND HER HIGHNESS MARIA FEODOROVNA FROM THE NOBILITY OF THE IJLA PROVINCE around the border between bands of beading, and further applied around the concave bowl with Imperial double-headed eagles alternating with trophees of arms, the flat rim set at intervals with circular champlevé enamelled medalions with the coat of arms of ...., the upper medalion with the cloisonné enamel monogram of Alexsander III and Maria Feodorovna set at intervals with silver plaques, each with half-moon motifs in clouté, with silver-gilt acanthus leaf rim -- 70 cm diam.