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A GROUP OF SEVEN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SILVER RUSSIAN VODKA CUPS, THREE MORE NINETEENTH CENTURY, A BASE METAL EXAMPLE AND A SMALL TWO-HANDLED WINE TASTER, PROBABLY SPANISH
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Comprising:- a part-fluted octagonal example chased with rococo decoration, Moscow, 1754; a shaped oval example chased with rococo decoration, Moscow, 1774; a circular slightly tapering example, unmarked; a similar silver-gilt example, with indistinct marks; three other unmarked 18th-century examples, one with base inscribed with Cyrillic initials; a 19th-century vodka cup applied with putti, flowers and vacant rococo reserves, Moscow, 1843; a silver niello vodka cup, 1857; a Soviet silver niello vodka cup, decorated with bunches of fruit; a base metal vodka cup chased with hunting scenes; and a fluted two-handled wine-taster, probably Spanish, with maker's mark Gonz (Gonzalez)
Weighable silver 11 oz. (342 gm.)
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Comprising:- a part-fluted octagonal example chased with rococo decoration, Moscow, 1754; a shaped oval example chased with rococo decoration, Moscow, 1774; a circular slightly tapering example, unmarked; a similar silver-gilt example, with indistinct marks; three other unmarked 18th-century examples, one with base inscribed with Cyrillic initials; a 19th-century vodka cup applied with putti, flowers and vacant rococo reserves, Moscow, 1843; a silver niello vodka cup, 1857; a Soviet silver niello vodka cup, decorated with bunches of fruit; a base metal vodka cup chased with hunting scenes; and a fluted two-handled wine-taster, probably Spanish, with maker's mark Gonz (Gonzalez)
Weighable silver 11 oz. (342 gm.)
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