拍品专文
Prince Mikhail Ivanovich Khilkov (1834-1909) was a Russian government official and Minister of Communications for the Russian Empire between 1895-1905. Notably, Khilkov served in the Semenovsky Regiment between 1853-1857 and supervised the construction of Trans-Caspian Railway and the Trans-Siberian Railway. The inscription on the present salt throne probably refers to the period when Khilkov worked at the Moscow-Ryazan railway.