A silver and hardstone Desk Set
A silver and hardstone Desk Set

MARKED WITH UNRECORDED MAKER'S INITIALS MA, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

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A silver and hardstone Desk Set
marked with unrecorded maker's initials MA, Moscow, 1908-1917
Stylistically cast as the chronicler Nestor seated at his desk, in the pan-Slavic style with scrolls and cartouches and applied with one red and two green cabochon stones, with two tapering circular inkwells with convex hinged covers with green cabochon finial, and integral pen-tray, on shaped hardstone base, with four bun feet, fully marked
14.5/8in. (37cm.) long

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