An impressive parcel-gilt silver figural inkwell, Ivan Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1875

Property from an Important Private Collection, England

An impressive parcel-gilt silver figural inkwell, Ivan Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1875

Depicting finely modelled figures of peasants in a field beside a well with a bucket, the water-carrier with beaded jewellery and kokoshnik, with two gilt buckets, the gilt grass and the fence with matching detachable inkwell lids with stylised finials imitating fruit baskets, the base with Pan-Slavic cast and chased ornaments, struck on the top and on the well and the bucket with Khlebnikov in Cyrillic beneath the imperial warrant and with maker's marks,84 standard

length 31.5cm, 12 1/5in.