A LARGE IMPERIAL PARCEL-GILT, SILVER AND ENAMEL PRESENTATION CHARGER FOR THE CORONATION OF EMPEROR ALEXANDER III AND EMPRESS MARIA FEODOROVNA

MARKED OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1882

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A LARGE IMPERIAL PARCEL-GILT, SILVER AND ENAMEL PRESENTATION CHARGER FOR THE CORONATION OF EMPEROR ALEXANDER III AND EMPRESS MARIA FEODOROVNA
MARKED OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1882
Of circular form, the engraved rim with pan-Slavic scrolls and foliage with four circular cartouches enclosing an Imperial double-headed eagle at the top, and a champlevé enamel horse at the bottom with Buriate inscriptions on silver ground, the cartouches on each side with blue champlevé Russian inscription 'On the day of the luminescent coronation of Their Imperial Highnesses from the Buriates of the Transbaikalian province, May 1883,' the center with the entwined vari-colored cloisonné enamel initials of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna within a silver-gilt laurel and oak leaf wreath, against an ermine manteling surmounted by a large Imperial Crown, with a dot and bead rim, fully marked
21¼ in. (54 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

Such large chargers were offered on Coronation day, during the reigns of Tsars Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II by the numerous regional delegations present at the time of the event.
Of traditional circular form, they mostly vary in design and were executed by the leading jewelers of Moscow and St. Petersburg (see Illustrated History of the Russian Empire,, 1971, page 398-409, for further examples.)

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