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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT SWISS COLLECTOR
A SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SALT THRONE
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'MA', MOSCOW, 1891
Details
A SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SALT THRONE
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'MA', MOSCOW, 1891
Of traditional form, on four bun feet, the trapezoidal body cast and chased with geometric and pan-Slavic design, the hinged cover draped with a trompe l'oeil napkin with the border enameled with scrolling pan-Slavic ornament in red, blue and turquoise, the cover also with a shaped thumb-piece, the back finely cast and chased in the form of a traditional izba with pan-Slavic design enameled in red, blue and turquoise and centering a vacant escutcheon within a cast and chased ribbon-tied laurel wreath, marked throughout; also with a Soviet mark
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'MA', MOSCOW, 1891
Of traditional form, on four bun feet, the trapezoidal body cast and chased with geometric and pan-Slavic design, the hinged cover draped with a trompe l'oeil napkin with the border enameled with scrolling pan-Slavic ornament in red, blue and turquoise, the cover also with a shaped thumb-piece, the back finely cast and chased in the form of a traditional izba with pan-Slavic design enameled in red, blue and turquoise and centering a vacant escutcheon within a cast and chased ribbon-tied laurel wreath, marked throughout; also with a Soviet mark
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
With La Vieille Russie, New York, 1983.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner.
Brought to you by
Mark Moehrke