Lot 344
  • 344

An impressive punch bowl set, Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1880

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • diameter of base: 43cm., 17in; height of bowl with base: 27cm., 10¾in
comprising: a large bulbous punch bowl, stand, kovsh and eleven charka's, the bowl inscribed: Drink for health from the good silver Bratina, may the celebration go well and the host be healthy, the kovsh similarly inscribed: The guest drinks it up, the host fills it up, the tray on four ball supports, the raised centre supporting four stylised lions, 84 standard, in original velvet-lined wooden case with key

Provenance

Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 11th and 12th June 1997,  lot 367