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ONE, MARK OF ANTIP KUZMICHEV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890; THE OTHER, APPARENTLY NO MAKER’S MARK, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Details
TWO SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL TEA-CADDY SPOONS
ONE, MARK OF ANTIP KUZMICHEV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890; THE OTHER, APPARENTLY NO MAKER’S MARK, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Each with a shovel-shaped bowl; enamelled with scrolling foliage in translucent blue, red and opaque white and pale blue; the spoon by Antip Kuzmichev with a scroll shaped handles simulating a flower stem, marked on bowl; the other spoon with knopped stem with blue and white enamel borders, marked on stem
Both approximately 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long
ONE, MARK OF ANTIP KUZMICHEV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890; THE OTHER, APPARENTLY NO MAKER’S MARK, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Each with a shovel-shaped bowl; enamelled with scrolling foliage in translucent blue, red and opaque white and pale blue; the spoon by Antip Kuzmichev with a scroll shaped handles simulating a flower stem, marked on bowl; the other spoon with knopped stem with blue and white enamel borders, marked on stem
Both approximately 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long
Provenance
With A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1981.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner.
Special notice
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