Lot Essay
For a comparable tea glass holder from the State Historical Museum in Moscow, see I. D. Kostina, Russian Silver XVI – Beginning XX Century, St Petersburg, 2004, p. 179.
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MARK OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV, ST PETERSBURG, 1886
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A SILVER-GILT TROMPE L'OEIL TEA GLASS HOLDER
MARK OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV, ST PETERSBURG, 1886
The body of triangular shape, cast and chased to imitate wood grain, applied with figures of a peasant man playing a concertina and a woman with a pitcher, the front applied with a shield beneath a crown, engraved with the initials ‘AI’ and flanked by male and female seated figures, the angular handle engraved with geometric patterns, on four bracket feet, marked on handle and under base
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
17 oz. (482.4 gr.)
MARK OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV, ST PETERSBURG, 1886
The body of triangular shape, cast and chased to imitate wood grain, applied with figures of a peasant man playing a concertina and a woman with a pitcher, the front applied with a shield beneath a crown, engraved with the initials ‘AI’ and flanked by male and female seated figures, the angular handle engraved with geometric patterns, on four bracket feet, marked on handle and under base
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
17 oz. (482.4 gr.)
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