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    • A Silver-Gilt and Champlevé En
    Lot 102

    A Silver-Gilt and Champlevé Enamel Spoon

    MARKED KHLEBNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1887

    Price realised

    USD 3,000

    Estimate

    USD 1,500 - USD 2,500

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    A Silver-Gilt and Champlevé Enamel Spoon
    Marked Khlebnikov with Imperial warrant, Moscow, 1887
    The pear-shaped bowl decorated in the Old Russian style with varicolor enamel bands of flowers and strapwork, with spiral-twist stem; together with a silver gilt and champlevé enamel vodka cup, marked Grachev, with Cyrillic maker's mark 'AP', St. Petersburg, circa 1890, the vodka cup with conforming decoration, the spoon marked on stem, the vodka cup marked under base
    The spoon 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) long, the cup 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high (2)

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