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A RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT PRESENTATION TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK OF FRANZ FRAGERSTRÖM, SAINT PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1863
Tapering cylindrical on spreading circular base rising to a lower rib, the body set with four repoussé bosses, three bearing the engraved cyrillic inscription CB 3rd Feb. 1865 on stippled ground enriched with trellis work and repeating quatrefoils, with beaded scroll handle and bifurvcated pierced thumbpiece, the hinged cover terminating with a seated balalaika player, marked on base and cover - 9¼in. (23.5cm.) high
34oz. (1065g.)
MAKER'S MARK OF FRANZ FRAGERSTRÖM, SAINT PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1863
Tapering cylindrical on spreading circular base rising to a lower rib, the body set with four repoussé bosses, three bearing the engraved cyrillic inscription CB 3rd Feb. 1865 on stippled ground enriched with trellis work and repeating quatrefoils, with beaded scroll handle and bifurvcated pierced thumbpiece, the hinged cover terminating with a seated balalaika player, marked on base and cover - 9¼in. (23.5cm.) high
34oz. (1065g.)