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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT SWISS COLLECTOR
A SILVER-GILT SALT THRONE
MAKER'S MARK OF N. YANICHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1889
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A SILVER-GILT SALT THRONE
MAKER'S MARK OF N. YANICHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1889
Of traditional form, on a trompe l'oeil base simulating wooden logs, the lower part cast and chased with pan-Slavic scrolling foliage and stylized birds on stippled ground, the center applied with a lifebuoy inscribed in Russian 'The Imperial Yacht Standart', the hinged cover chased with scrolling strapwork and foliage and centering a vacant escutcheon flanked by two stylized beasts, the back in the form of a traditional izba centering and applied with two spiral columns and centering a Russian inscription 'God grant [you loaves and fishes] /for honor/and/joy' ('Dai Bog/v chest'/da/v radost'), the interior of the cover engraved with a Russian dedicatory inscription 'To our hospitable and truly Russian host', marked throughout; also with Swiss import marks
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
21.60 oz. (671.8 gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF N. YANICHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1889
Of traditional form, on a trompe l'oeil base simulating wooden logs, the lower part cast and chased with pan-Slavic scrolling foliage and stylized birds on stippled ground, the center applied with a lifebuoy inscribed in Russian 'The Imperial Yacht Standart', the hinged cover chased with scrolling strapwork and foliage and centering a vacant escutcheon flanked by two stylized beasts, the back in the form of a traditional izba centering and applied with two spiral columns and centering a Russian inscription 'God grant [you loaves and fishes] /for honor/and/joy' ('Dai Bog/v chest'/da/v radost'), the interior of the cover engraved with a Russian dedicatory inscription 'To our hospitable and truly Russian host', marked throughout; also with Swiss import marks
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
21.60 oz. (671.8 gr.)
來源
With A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1983.
Acquired from the above by father of the present owner.
Acquired from the above by father of the present owner.
榮譽呈獻
Mark Moehrke