Lot Essay
A nearly identical vodka set by Ovchinnikov was sold Christie’s, New York, 9 April 2014, lot 100.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT VIENNESE COLLECTOR
A PARCEL-GILT TROMPE L'OEIL SILVER AND GLASS VODKA SET
UNKNOWN MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘PED’, ST PETERSBURG, 1884
Details
A PARCEL-GILT TROMPE L'OEIL SILVER AND GLASS VODKA SET
UNKNOWN MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘PED’, ST PETERSBURG, 1884
Comprising a frosted glass flask with silver holder and six vodka cups, each body chased and engraved to simulate basketweave, the flask holder of slightly tapering square and cylindrical form, applied with twisted rope below rim, the flask with glass stopper, surmounted by a shot glass simulating tied burlap, each vodka cup of cylindrical form, with gilt interior, marked throughout, also with import marks
9 in. (23 cm.) high and smaller
UNKNOWN MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘PED’, ST PETERSBURG, 1884
Comprising a frosted glass flask with silver holder and six vodka cups, each body chased and engraved to simulate basketweave, the flask holder of slightly tapering square and cylindrical form, applied with twisted rope below rim, the flask with glass stopper, surmounted by a shot glass simulating tied burlap, each vodka cup of cylindrical form, with gilt interior, marked throughout, also with import marks
9 in. (23 cm.) high and smaller
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 17 May 1984, lot 522.
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