A set of four silver-gilt plique-à-jour, guilloché and champlevé enamel sherbet cups with stands and spoons, Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1899-1908

A set of four silver-gilt plique-à-jour, guilloché and champlevé enamel sherbet cups with stands and spoons, Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1899-1908 

each cup and saucer with its own colour scheme of blue, apple green, lime green, and red, each cup with plique-à-jour enamel rim and guilloché enamel interior, supported by three foliate and beaded arms rising from a hexagonal stem enamelled with coats of arms of St Petersburg, Novgorod and Moscow, raised on a tapering stem and domed circular foot, each circular stand with a plique-à-jour rim and alternating guilloché and champlevé enamel bands, each decorated with varicoloured cloisonné enamel stylised foliage and geometric motives, all with a similarly decorated champlevé enamel spoon with a twisted stem

height of each cup 18.2cm, 7¼in.; diameter of each stand 19.2cm, 7½in.

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