Lot 412
  • 412

A parcel-gilt silver model of the Tsar Bell, Sazikov, Moscow, circa 1870

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • silver
  • height without base 14cm, 5 1/2 in.
finely cast after the 1733-1737 model, the figures of Empress Anna Ioannovna and Tsar Alexis, the putti and Christ ungilded, 84 standard, on a hexagonal grey stone base, possibly original

Condition

Very good, remarkably crisp condition overall. The cross finial has been off and re-attached. The stone base with small chips to the edges.
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