BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1890

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A COMMEMORATIVE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER PLAQUE
BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1890
Rectangular, engraved with the cruiser 'Rurik' and champlevé enamelled with a Russian inscription 'The 20-gun armoured cruiser 'Rurik' was laid down in St Petersburg at the Baltic Works shipyard on 19 May 1890 in the presence of: His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, the Empress of Russia, Her Majesty the Queen of the Hellenes, and His Imperial Highness General Admiral Aleksei Aleksandrovich', within a frame cloisonné enamelled with scrolling foliage, the reverse inscribed with names, marked on the reverse with 'P. Ovchinnikov' beneath the Imperial Warrant
6 5⁄8 in. (16.8 cm.) wide

Provenance

Henry Penn Wenger (1927-1997).
Bequeathed by the above to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The battleship Rurik, built in 1892, was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was named after the founder of the Rurik dynasty. Rurik's presence was decisive at the battle of Ulsan in the Russo-Japanese War, however she was sunk there in 1904.

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