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A PAIR OF SILVER AND NIELLO-MOUNTED HORNS ON CHAINS
chains marked in Cyrillic PV, Kostroma, circa 1900
The spirally horns, each mounted on one end with a silver nielloed band decorated with scrolls and foliage and with shaped rim, and to the other end with tapering snake-shaped mount with continued foliate decoration, the eyes set with cabochon-cut pastes (one lacking) and further inscribed in Cyrillic - 38cm long (2)
chains marked in Cyrillic PV, Kostroma, circa 1900
The spirally horns, each mounted on one end with a silver nielloed band decorated with scrolls and foliage and with shaped rim, and to the other end with tapering snake-shaped mount with continued foliate decoration, the eyes set with cabochon-cut pastes (one lacking) and further inscribed in Cyrillic - 38cm long (2)