Lot 234
  • 234

A Russian Gilded Silver and Enamel Milk Jug and Sugar Basket Set, Gustav Klingert, Moscow, 1894

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • contained in a fitted oak box of the retailer Vladimirov of St. Petersburg, the cover set with a plaque engraved with "Margot Wencke  December 6, 1895" beneath a monogram
  • Gilded silver, enamel, wood, silk, velvet, paper, brass fittings
  • Diameter of Swing-Handled Sugar Basket 4 3/4 in.
  • 12 cm
of typical shape, enameled with brightly-colored anthemia in cloisonné against a stippled gilt ground, with turquoise filigree enamel and a border of white pellets, the interiors gilded

Condition

some small enamel loss
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