MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'A.G', PROBABLY FOR ALEXANDER GILDEBRAND, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1795

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A SILVER-GILT COVERED SALT CELLAR
MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'A.G', PROBABLY FOR ALEXANDER GILDEBRAND, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1795
Shaped as a vase, on a square foot, the body finely cast and chased with acanthus and laurel bands, the foot decorated with stylised leaves, the detachable cover similarly decorated, surmounted by an Imperial double-headed eagle, marked throughout, engraved and stamped with palace inventory number Cyrillic 'Im. Al. P.16' on cover and base
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
10.8 oz. (336 gr.)

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Lot Essay

The engraved inventory number indicates that this salt cellar belonged to Emperor Alexander I and was entered into the Imperial inventories under the number 16. For a comparable covered salt cellar, see A. Odom, Russian Silver in America: Surviving the Melting Pot, London, 2011, p. 96, no. 68.

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