A SILVER SALT THRONE, with engraved openwork back, on four bracket feet, the hinged cover engraved with the Russian adage Without salt, without bread, itis only half a meal, marked with the initials of Vassili Semenov, Moscow, 1861; together with a pair of parcel-gilt salt-cellars, spoons and cheese-pins, each engraved with the Cyrillic monogram AR, by Alexander Karpov, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908