A Russian silver bowl, Stefan Wäkevä (Väkevä), St. Petersburg, 1890

with flaring body and narrow fluted rim, engraved with a band of leaves above floral swags relieved by a shield with the initial W, raised on ring foot, the interior gilded, struck with maker's marks, 84 standard
16.8 oz., 522.5 grams

overall good condition; some small wear to gilding and some pinpricks to interior rim; one small, minor dent near base on side of bowl
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This bowl was almost certainly made for Fabergé; Stefan Väkevä (1833-1910) established his own workshop in 1865; in the late 1870s, he contracted to provide silver exclusively to Gustav Fabergé (1814-1893). Carl Fabergé continued the relationship, working with Väkevä's children until 1917.