Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons
Lot Closed
June 9, 04:56 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A silver tea glass holder and a spoon, 4th Artel, Moscow, and Grachev Brothers, St Petersburg, 1908-1917
Glass holder cast and repoussé with Tsarevna Lebed (The Swan Princess) fable characters, the handle decorated with Pan-Slavic motifs, inscribed at the bottom Kushayte na zdorov’ye goryachiy chay 14 avgusta 1917 ('Eat hot tea for good health, 14 August 1917'), struck on the underside and the body; the spoon of prolonged shape, engraved on the underside, struck to the side, both 84 standard
tea glass holder 12cm, 4 7/10in. high (including handle); spoon 14.5cm, 5 7/10in. long