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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE IVAN OBOLENSKY
TWO ENAMELED METAL COMMEMORATIVE CORONATION 'CUP OF SORROWS' BEAKERS
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1896
Details
TWO ENAMELED METAL COMMEMORATIVE CORONATION 'CUP OF SORROWS' BEAKERS
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1896
Each tapering cylindrical, the body enameled in red and blue on white ground with strapwork surrounding the Imperial crowned initials of Emperor Nicholas II and 1896, the reverse with Russian Imperial arms, gilt borders, apparently unmarked
4 1/8 in. (10.6 cm.) (2)
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1896
Each tapering cylindrical, the body enameled in red and blue on white ground with strapwork surrounding the Imperial crowned initials of Emperor Nicholas II and 1896, the reverse with Russian Imperial arms, gilt borders, apparently unmarked
4 1/8 in. (10.6 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Prince Serge Obolensky (1890-1978) and Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902-1956), London, circa 1925.
Then by descent.
Then by descent.
Brought to you by
Mark Moehrke