A SILVER AND NIELLO TROMPE L'OEIL VODKA BUCKET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, OVERSTRIKING THE MARK OF VASSILI SEMENOV, MOSCOW, 1886
Shaped as a barrel, the sides with views of Moscow, the top border with the Russian inscription 'Good beer, a bucket for three denga - drink and praise', the handle simulating a rope, marked
under base and on handle
together with a silver-gilt and niello dish, marked under base P. Ovchinnikov with the Imperial warrant, overstriking the mark of Vassili Semenov, Moscow, 1888; together with two silver trompe l'oeil tea-glass holders, marked under base, one with indistinct marker's mark, St Petersburg, circa 1890 and the other with maker's mark Cyrillic 'V.I', St Petersburg, 1894
The vodka bucket: 6 in. (15 cm.) high
32.09 oz. (908 gr.) gross (4)
A SILVER AND NIELLO TROMPE L'OEIL VODKA BUCKET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, OVERSTRIKING THE MARK OF VASSILI SEMENOV, MOSCOW, 1886
Shaped as a barrel, the sides with views of Moscow, the top border with the Russian inscription 'Good beer, a bucket for three denga - drink and praise', the handle simulating a rope, marked
under base and on handle
together with a silver-gilt and niello dish, marked under base P. Ovchinnikov with the Imperial warrant, overstriking the mark of Vassili Semenov, Moscow, 1888; together with two silver trompe l'oeil tea-glass holders, marked under base, one with indistinct marker's mark, St Petersburg, circa 1890 and the other with maker's mark Cyrillic 'V.I', St Petersburg, 1894
The vodka bucket: 6 in. (15 cm.) high
32.09 oz. (908 gr.) gross (4)
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