A parcel-gilt tankard, maker's mark Cyrillic BMO, Moscow, circa 1745
Auction Closed
November 25, 06:21 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the body and hinged lid with four circular cartouches finely engraved with scenes of Samson and Delilah: the body depicting Samson departing to the cities of the Philistines, his wedding banquet, and Delilah cutting Samson's locks as he sleeps; the cover depicting Samson seduced by Delilah, each framed by shells, rocailles and foliate motifs, on a gilt ground, the scroll handle with split flared thumb-piece, on three ball feet, struck under base with maker's initials, also with indistinct scratch weight
height 18.4 cm; 7 ¼ in.
Christie's New York, 15 April 2013, lot 89 (Property of a Lady)
This maker's mark is recorded as an unknown master. See no.2262 in M. Postnikova-Loseva, Gold and Silverwork of the 15-20th centuries, Moscow, 1995. For a comparable tankard, see A. von Solodkoff, Russian Gold and Silverwork 17th-19th Century, New York, 1982, p.94, no. 97.
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