Lot Essay
See footnote for lot 85
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PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE TAFT MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
THREE SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE IUSSUPOV TABLE SERVICE
MARKED ALEXANDRE GUEYTON, PARIS 1843-1863, WITH ST. PETERSBURG IMPORT MARK 1875-1900
Details
THREE SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE IUSSUPOV TABLE SERVICE
marked Alexandre Gueyton, Paris 1843-1863, with St. Petersburg import mark 1875-1900
Of circular form with rim chased and engraved with birds and lions within scrolling foliage and grape vines, the center engraved with a lion surmounted by a princely crown with the Russian inscription around 'Prince Nikolai Borissovich Iussupov, Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Iussupova', marked
each plate: 10in. (25.4cm.) diameter
60.595 oz. (1884.6gr.) weighable silver (3)
marked Alexandre Gueyton, Paris 1843-1863, with St. Petersburg import mark 1875-1900
Of circular form with rim chased and engraved with birds and lions within scrolling foliage and grape vines, the center engraved with a lion surmounted by a princely crown with the Russian inscription around 'Prince Nikolai Borissovich Iussupov, Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Iussupova', marked
each plate: 10in. (25.4cm.) diameter
60.595 oz. (1884.6gr.) weighable silver (3)
Provenance
Prince Nicholas Borissovich Iussupov and Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Princess Zinaida Nicholaevna Iussupov
Prince Felix Felixovich Iussupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston
Prince Felix Felixovich Iussupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston, son of the above
Antikvariat
Purchased in Russia in the 1920's by Bayard Livingstone Kilgour Jr. as a wedding present to Mrs. Bayard L. Kilgour Jr.
Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati
Prince Felix Felixovich Iussupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston
Prince Felix Felixovich Iussupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston, son of the above
Antikvariat
Purchased in Russia in the 1920's by Bayard Livingstone Kilgour Jr. as a wedding present to Mrs. Bayard L. Kilgour Jr.
Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati
Exhibited
Cincinnati, Taft Museum of Art, The Glory of Russia: Five Hundred Years of Treasures, June 14-October 20, 1996, checklist #86