A SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO COVERED CUP
MAKER'S MARK 'AK', MOSCOW, MID-19TH CENTURY
Cylindrical, on a raised circular foot, the body nielloed with scrolling foliage on gilt stippled ground and centring a circular reserve with a mounted horseman on a seashore, the domed cover similarly nielloed with arc and bead border and berried foliage, with openwork double-loop finial, the scroll handle capped with acanthus and rosettes, marked throughout
7¼ in. (18.4 in.) high
12.22 oz. (380.1 gr.) gross
A SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO COVERED CUP
MAKER'S MARK 'AK', MOSCOW, MID-19TH CENTURY
Cylindrical, on a raised circular foot, the body nielloed with scrolling foliage on gilt stippled ground and centring a circular reserve with a mounted horseman on a seashore, the domed cover similarly nielloed with arc and bead border and berried foliage, with openwork double-loop finial, the scroll handle capped with acanthus and rosettes, marked throughout
7¼ in. (18.4 in.) high
12.22 oz. (380.1 gr.) gross
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