A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT CONTAINER AND COVER, PERHAPS A HOST CONTAINER
MARK OF ALEXANDER GILLIBRAND, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1785
Hemispherical bowl with shallow sunken interior, reeded rim and stiff leaf calyx, on square pedestal foot chased with acanthus leaves, the plain domed cover capped by a large Imperial crowned double-headed eagle finial centred by a shield engraved with cypher of Tsar Alexander I (reigned 1801-25), the foot rim with Cyrillic prick-dot lettering and No. 10, the numbering repeated inside the cover
6¼ in. high (16 cm.)
10 oz. (315 gm.)
A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT CONTAINER AND COVER, PERHAPS A HOST CONTAINER
MARK OF ALEXANDER GILLIBRAND, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1785
Hemispherical bowl with shallow sunken interior, reeded rim and stiff leaf calyx, on square pedestal foot chased with acanthus leaves, the plain domed cover capped by a large Imperial crowned double-headed eagle finial centred by a shield engraved with cypher of Tsar Alexander I (reigned 1801-25), the foot rim with Cyrillic prick-dot lettering and No. 10, the numbering repeated inside the cover
6¼ in. high (16 cm.)
10 oz. (315 gm.)
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