Lot 258
  • 258

A pair of Russian gilded silver and cloisonné enamel champagne flutes, Moscow, circa 1890

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
tapering cylindrical, the exteriors enameled with colorful foliate ornament on a stippled gilt ground within beaded borders, the stem with knop and set on spreading foot, struck with partially obscured maker's mark

Provenance

Sold Sotheby's New York, 14 June 1989, lot 317, illustrated
New York Private Collection

Condition

attractive and in overall very good condition; one flute lacking screw and with slightly obscured marks, both with some small enamel loss, primarily to the beaded borders near the rims, consistent with age and use
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