A Set of Ten Russian Gilded Silver and Enamel Sherbet Cups, Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, circa 1900

the bowls enameled translucent sky blue, bright green, deep red, yellow, white, and cream over wavy guilloché grounds, the exterior with scrolling and foliate ornament in champlevé enamel, supported by three foliate and beaded arms with city armorials, raised on a tapering stem and domed circular foot decorated with varying ornament and aphorisms in champlevé enamel

James J. Hill (1838-1916)
Thence by descent

the interior of one cup with small area of damage with slight loss
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James J. Hill was a railroad magnate, philanthropist, and art collector. In his obituary, the New York Times described Hill as "gifted with fine tastes and a keen artistic sense of beauty of form and color, and his collections of art and jewels were among the finest in the country."