TWO PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO BEAKERS
MOSCOW, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each tapering cylindrical, the larger beaker depicting classical figures within landscapes within two oval cartouches with laurel borders, flanked by neoclassical urns amidst floral garlands and drapery swags, marked under base with unknown maker’s mark Cyrillic 'I.PM’ and dated 1791, also with faint scratch weight; the smaller beaker depicting neoclassical urns within two oval cartouches with laurel borders, flanked by eagles amidst floral garlands and drapery swags, marked under base with the maker’s mark Cyrillic 'I.SM’, alderman’s mark of Aleksei Kosyrev, dated 1788, also with a French import mark
The larger beaker 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
8.76 oz. (272.3 gr.) gross
TWO PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO BEAKERS
MOSCOW, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each tapering cylindrical, the larger beaker depicting classical figures within landscapes within two oval cartouches with laurel borders, flanked by neoclassical urns amidst floral garlands and drapery swags, marked under base with unknown maker’s mark Cyrillic 'I.PM’ and dated 1791, also with faint scratch weight; the smaller beaker depicting neoclassical urns within two oval cartouches with laurel borders, flanked by eagles amidst floral garlands and drapery swags, marked under base with the maker’s mark Cyrillic 'I.SM’, alderman’s mark of Aleksei Kosyrev, dated 1788, also with a French import mark
The larger beaker 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
8.76 oz. (272.3 gr.) gross
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