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A LARGE SILVER TANKARD
Lot 389

A LARGE SILVER TANKARD

MARK OF NIKOLAI KEMPER, ST PETERSBURG, 1893

Closed28 November 2016

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A LARGE SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF NIKOLAI KEMPER, ST PETERSBURG, 1893
Tapering cylindrical, engraved with a Russian inscription '[To our] Commander and Father The Honoured AP Essaul Logvinov From Junior Officers and Cossacks of the Guard Second Kuban Cossack Sotnia / 1/II/1894', gilt interior, marked throughout
9 in. (23 cm.) high
29.58 oz. (920.2 gr.)

Presented to Alexander Logvinov (1852-1916) in February 1894.

Specialist note

Alexander Logvinov (1852-1916) first served in the Ekaterinodarskii Regiment of the Kuban Cossack Voisko. Holding the the rank of Essaul, he became an assistant of the Commander of His Majesty Convoy (1894-1897). In 1906 he was promoted to Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Caucasian Cossack Division.