A SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SALT THRONE
MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘SK’, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Of traditional form, on eight bracket feet, champlevé enamelled overall with geometric ornament and borders in blue, green, white and translucent red in pan-Slavic style, the hinged cover enamelled in similar shades with a Russian inscription ‘[For] housewarming’ [‘Na novosel’e’], the back cast and chased with a wavy border, marked under base and cover; also with a Swiss import marks
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high
A SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SALT THRONE
MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘SK’, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Of traditional form, on eight bracket feet, champlevé enamelled overall with geometric ornament and borders in blue, green, white and translucent red in pan-Slavic style, the hinged cover enamelled in similar shades with a Russian inscription ‘[For] housewarming’ [‘Na novosel’e’], the back cast and chased with a wavy border, marked under base and cover; also with a Swiss import marks
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high
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