A TROMPE L'OEIL SILVER BASKET, OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1871

A TROMPE L'OEIL SILVER BASKET, OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1871

repoussé and chased to simulate a wicker basket draped with a fringed linen cloth, the ends with two loop handles, raised on four wire-work loop feet, inscribed on the underside with 'St Petersburg / 30 Juin 1872', struck on the underside with P.Ovchinnikov in Cyrillic under the Imperial warrant, 84 standard

length 22.8cm, 9in.