A silver Hand-set cast as an Owl
A silver Hand-set cast as an Owl

MARKED WITH THE UNRECORDED WORKMASTER'S CYRILLIC INITIALS AL, ST. PETERBURG, CIRCA 1890

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A silver Hand-set cast as an Owl
marked with the unrecorded workmaster's Cyrillic initials AL, St. Peterburg, circa 1890
Realistically cast, the owl perched on a rectangular base with foliage and scrolls, the matrix engraved in Cyrillic 'Nikolai Aleksandrovich Popov', marked on base
3.3/8in. (8.5cm.) high