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Tzarovitch Alexander Nicholaievitch, eldest son of Tzar Nicholas I, married in 1841, Maria Alexandrovna, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt
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A COMMEMORATIVE TAPERING CYLINDRICAL BEAKER
maker's mark in script HJ conjoined, Moscow, perhaps 1843, assay master Andrei Kowalskii
On spreading circular foot, the tapering body mounted en cage with three open medallions, one centred with the bust of Nicholas I, another with Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the third with Tzarovitch Alexander Nicholiaevitch and Maria Alexandrovna , each circle surmounted with a crown and surrounded with foliage and strapwork, alternating female figures holding cornucopia, with spreading upper rim and gilt interior - 11cm high (193gr)
maker's mark in script HJ conjoined, Moscow, perhaps 1843, assay master Andrei Kowalskii
On spreading circular foot, the tapering body mounted en cage with three open medallions, one centred with the bust of Nicholas I, another with Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the third with Tzarovitch Alexander Nicholiaevitch and Maria Alexandrovna , each circle surmounted with a crown and surrounded with foliage and strapwork, alternating female figures holding cornucopia, with spreading upper rim and gilt interior - 11cm high (193gr)