Two Silver Trompe L’oeil Tankards, Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, 1888

one of tapering, cylindrical form, the body imitating wood surface, the lid with Teremok engraving and inscribed ‘HALF AND HALF’ in Latin, gilt interior, the underside of the lid inscribed ‘Charles Merrill July 22^nd1893’ in Latin, struck on the underside and on the underside of the lid with workmaster’s initials, 84 standard, the second with body similarly imitating wood, the lid engraved with initials, gilt interior, struck on the underside and on the underside of the lid with workmaster’s initials, 84 standard

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height of the one by Kuzmichev 13.7cm, 5 2/5in.