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A LARGE SILVER-GILT NIELLO CUP
marked with unknown maker's initials AK, Moscow, circa 1840
Cylindrical, on circular tapering foot with a border of geometric niello design on stippled ground, the body with an oval scene depicting a troika furiously driven through a pack of wolves by an izvochik with two ladies behind, one with a pistol shooting a wolf, flanked by a wide border with cherubs swinging among scrolling foliage and vines, on stippled ground, with twisted wirework rims and cast and chased reeded scrolling foliage handle -- 20.2 cm high
marked with unknown maker's initials AK, Moscow, circa 1840
Cylindrical, on circular tapering foot with a border of geometric niello design on stippled ground, the body with an oval scene depicting a troika furiously driven through a pack of wolves by an izvochik with two ladies behind, one with a pistol shooting a wolf, flanked by a wide border with cherubs swinging among scrolling foliage and vines, on stippled ground, with twisted wirework rims and cast and chased reeded scrolling foliage handle -- 20.2 cm high