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Small Basket
Small Basket
12.406
Unknown
1888
The main part imitates a woven basket imitating even the grain of the wood from which the original type of strawberry basket was woven. The handle is twisted silver wires.
TUMBLER
TUMBLER
12.41
Unknown
1734-1767
Around the tumbler, or vase, is an elaborate decoration of rococo scrolls, leaves and strapwork partly in gilt gold and partly in silver. The foot and lip are gilt and also the interior.
SILVER FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF POLINA ZHEMCHUZHINA (MME. MOLOTOVA)
SILVER FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF POLINA ZHEMCHUZHINA (MME. MOLOTOVA)
12.416
Unknown
20th c.
The silver rim is engraved with minute cross-hatching. At each corner is a diagonal band where sides and bottom meet. A single red glass star bearing a hammer and sickle is in the center of the...
BEAKER ON RING FOOT
BEAKER ON RING FOOT
12.42
Unknown
1751-1784
The ring foot is plain as is also a band around the top. There is turning near the lip. Around the tumbler are three medallions each with a canopy above and leaf scrolls to the right and left...
TUMBLER
TUMBLER
12.43
Unknown
1786
A band around the top and bottom is plain with turning near the lip. Around the rest of the cup are vigorous rococo scrolls, flowers, leaves and two eagles, each with his wings raised. Between...
TUMBLER
TUMBLER
12.44
Unknown
1782
The cup has plain borders at the top and bottom. Around the rest of the cup is a repoussé decoration of swags of drapery suspended from rings. From the drapery hang swags of leaves and clusters...
OVAL SALT DISH
OVAL SALT DISH
12.448
Andrei Astrakhantsev (Silversmith)
1834
The rim is fluted, scalloped and wide and bends downwards almost vertically just clearing the base. The top edge is beaded. The interior is gilt.
TUMBLER
TUMBLER
12.45
1793
There are plain bands around the top and bottom with turning near the lip. The rest is decorated in repoussé with two rows of swags, one in drapery and one in leaves. Within the swags there are...
TALL TUMBLER
TALL TUMBLER
12.46
Timofei Siluianov (Silversmith)
1751
The sides are decorated in repousse and divided into three sections each with a medallion with a long frame of rococo scrolls. In the medallions are 1. a lion rampant holding a scepter, 2. Cupid...
COCONUT CUP
COCONUT CUP
12.47
Unknown
18th c.
The coconut is carved with three medallions, each with the busts of an emperor or empress, Peter I, Catherine I and Elizabeth, and each inscribed on a banderoll across the top with name and title....
EWER
EWER
12.48
Erik Hitelin (Silversmith)
1794
The sides of the helmet-shaped ewer are covered with large rococo branches, leaves and flowers in repoussé with stippling. Small branches are engraved in the background. The foot is plain...
BASIN
BASIN
12.49
Carl Fredrik Bredenberg (Attributed to)
c. 1790
Repoussé flower garland decorate this oblong basin with a cluster of fruit in the center. Some of the fruit and the sunflowers are stippled, while the leaves are burnished. Birds and peacocks on...