Two Fighting Bears: a figural silver sculpture, Sazikov, St Petersburg, circa 1890

modelled as two bears standing on hind legs and fighting, one holding a pot, the other with a hand resting on a wooden stand, on a realistically chased base with a tree stump and remains of a broken wooden fence, struck with maker's initials and mark in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 88 standard

height 19.2cm; 7 1/2 in.