A GEM-SET SILVER AND ENAMEL SERVING SPOON
MOSCOW, 17TH CENTURY
The bowl shaped ovoid, the interior engraved with a swan and fish, the exterior cast and chased with an inscription 'Our grandparents lived a simple life and lived for hundreds of years’ flanked by two fish, the knopped stem set with various gems, including turquoise and centring St George and the dragon, with pine cone finial, apparently unmarked
8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) long
3.23 oz. (100.4 gr.) gross
A GEM-SET SILVER AND ENAMEL SERVING SPOON
MOSCOW, 17TH CENTURY
The bowl shaped ovoid, the interior engraved with a swan and fish, the exterior cast and chased with an inscription 'Our grandparents lived a simple life and lived for hundreds of years’ flanked by two fish, the knopped stem set with various gems, including turquoise and centring St George and the dragon, with pine cone finial, apparently unmarked
8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) long
3.23 oz. (100.4 gr.) gross