A PAIR OF RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL SPOONS
MARK OF VASILIY AGAFONOV, MOSCOW, 1896/1908, AND RETAILED BY LIBERTY, LONDON
The bowls decorated with polychrome shaded enamel flowers in pinks greens, blues and yellow, one centred by a mythical bird perched upon a water lily in turn on a blue band simulating water, the other featuring a stylised rosette, both with white bead borders, partially-twisted stems terminating in panels of blue petals on a turquoise ground, in original box lined with oyster silk and blue velvet
each, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long (2)
A PAIR OF RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL SPOONS
MARK OF VASILIY AGAFONOV, MOSCOW, 1896/1908, AND RETAILED BY LIBERTY, LONDON
The bowls decorated with polychrome shaded enamel flowers in pinks greens, blues and yellow, one centred by a mythical bird perched upon a water lily in turn on a blue band simulating water, the other featuring a stylised rosette, both with white bead borders, partially-twisted stems terminating in panels of blue petals on a turquoise ground, in original box lined with oyster silk and blue velvet
each, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long (2)
