Lot Essay
For a collection of comparable seventeenth-century silver and niello spoons, see J. Kugel, Treasures of the Czars: Russia and Europe from Peter the Great to Nicholas I, Paris, 1998, nos. 25-34.
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RUSSIA, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
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TWO PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO SPOONS
RUSSIA, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Both with ovoid bowls, finely engraved with floral motifs on the borders, one with a foliate nielloed ground and gilt bowl, the other engraved with a deer to the interior of the bowl, both with twisted stems, apparently unmarked
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high and smaller
3.9 oz. (121.5 gr.) gross
RUSSIA, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Both with ovoid bowls, finely engraved with floral motifs on the borders, one with a foliate nielloed ground and gilt bowl, the other engraved with a deer to the interior of the bowl, both with twisted stems, apparently unmarked
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high and smaller
3.9 oz. (121.5 gr.) gross
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