Lot Essay
For a comparable tankard from the collection of the Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, Washington D.C., see A. Odom, Russian Silver in America: Surviving the Melting Pot, London, 2011, p. 108, no. 81.
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MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'I.O', MOSCOW, 1807
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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'I.O', MOSCOW, 1807
Cylindrical, the body nielloed overall with a mythological scene, depicting a Triton abducting a Sea Nymph, and Poseidon riding a sea monster, with a domed foot, chased with acanthus border, the hinged cover similarly decorated and nielloed with Artemis, with a thumb-piece and a scroll handle, marked throughout
7 1/3 in. (18.5 cm.) high
39.2 oz. (1,113 gr.) gross
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'I.O', MOSCOW, 1807
Cylindrical, the body nielloed overall with a mythological scene, depicting a Triton abducting a Sea Nymph, and Poseidon riding a sea monster, with a domed foot, chased with acanthus border, the hinged cover similarly decorated and nielloed with Artemis, with a thumb-piece and a scroll handle, marked throughout
7 1/3 in. (18.5 cm.) high
39.2 oz. (1,113 gr.) gross
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