A SILVER-GILT SALT THRONE
MARK OF ANDREI VEKMAN, MOSCOW, 1869
Of traditional form, on four bracket feet, the slightly tapering base reeded, the back with serrated border, openwork reserves and applied with circular medallion, the hinged cover engraved in Russian ‘Bez soli bez khleba / polovina obeda’ [‘Lunch without salt and bread / is just half a meal], the reverse of the cover engraved with an image of a cockerel, marked under base, cover and on the back
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
12.09 oz. (376 gr.) gross
A SILVER-GILT SALT THRONE
MARK OF ANDREI VEKMAN, MOSCOW, 1869
Of traditional form, on four bracket feet, the slightly tapering base reeded, the back with serrated border, openwork reserves and applied with circular medallion, the hinged cover engraved in Russian ‘Bez soli bez khleba / polovina obeda’ [‘Lunch without salt and bread / is just half a meal], the reverse of the cover engraved with an image of a cockerel, marked under base, cover and on the back
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
12.09 oz. (376 gr.) gross
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