A Pair of Russian Gilded Silver and Plique-à-Jour Beakers, Ovchinnikov, Moscow, circa 1900

the bodies of both beakers decorated with scenes of swans swimming on lakes surrounded by flowering plants and reeds with purple swallows flying in the air above, one with a yellow ground and a sunset, the other with a blue ground, the upper rims of both with bands of red stars against green grounds, the bases of both with flowerheads in plique-à-jour

some scratches to the gilded silver inside the beakers, otherwise in overall good condition
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