Lot 421
  • 421

Two silver-gilt and champlevé enamel figural spoons, N.D. Yanichkin and Andrei Bragin, St Petersburg, 1886 and circa 1890

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver, enamel
  • lengths: 21.7, 21cm; 8 1/2 , 8 1/4 in.
the first enamelled with a window and draped cloth within geometric borders, diaper-moulded stem, the knop cast as the head of a boyarina, her kokoshnik enamelled to simulate jewels, 84 standard; the second with banded polychrome geometric decoration, the terminal cast as a farmer carrying his sokha, 88 standard, French import mark

Condition

Both in excellent condition.
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