A silver-gilt cloisonn enamel Cake-basket
A silver-gilt cloisonn enamel Cake-basket

MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF NIKOLAI ALEKSEEV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890

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A silver-gilt cloisonn enamel Cake-basket
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Nikolai Alekseev, Moscow, circa 1890
Circular, the spreading domed gilt foot with border of red, blue and white, the tray with a stylized varicolor swallow among floral and foliate sprays on a sky blue ground within white pellet border, the shaped swing handle with stylized floral sprays, marked under base
5in. (13.3cm.) diam.