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MOSCOW, 1805
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A LARGE PARCEL-GILT AND NIELLO SILVER BEAKER AND COVER
MOSCOW, 1805
Of tapering cylindrical form, on spreading foot, nielloed with three ribbon-tied laurel cartouches depicting Apollo slaying Python, Diana and Cupid, Mars and Cupid, further decorated with laurel wreaths, garlands and vases, with three oval cartouches nielloed with a monogram ‘MIM’, all on gilt chevron ground, the detachable domed cover similarly decorated, with a knop finial, interior gilt, marked under base and on cover, with the assaymaster's mark of Mikhail Karpinskii
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high
21.11 oz. (656.6 gr.) gross
MOSCOW, 1805
Of tapering cylindrical form, on spreading foot, nielloed with three ribbon-tied laurel cartouches depicting Apollo slaying Python, Diana and Cupid, Mars and Cupid, further decorated with laurel wreaths, garlands and vases, with three oval cartouches nielloed with a monogram ‘MIM’, all on gilt chevron ground, the detachable domed cover similarly decorated, with a knop finial, interior gilt, marked under base and on cover, with the assaymaster's mark of Mikhail Karpinskii
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high
21.11 oz. (656.6 gr.) gross
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 11 May 1983, lot 131B.
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