Live Auction 1571Important Russian Art
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TRIPOD DISH AND COVER
Lot 472 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE PART II

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TRIPOD DISH AND COVER

MAKER’S MARK ‘S.G’, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1814

Closed24 November 2014

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GBP 6,875

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TRIPOD DISH AND COVER
MAKER’S MARK ‘S.G’, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1814
The circular cup raised on lion monopodiae, the sides inscribed in Russian ‘From grateful subordinates to their chief’ within guilloché patterned reserves, the triangular base with neoclassical decoration, inscribed in Russian ‘To His Excellency Alexander Mikhailovich Lunin’ and dated 1814, centring the Lunin family coat-of-arms, with an independent parcel-gilt circular bowl and detachable cover, with a finial shaped as a bundle of straw, marked throughout
7 in. (17.5 cm.) high
26.26 oz. (816.7 gr.)

Specialist note

Alexander Lunin (1745-1816), the original recipient of the present lot, was descended from the noble Lunin family. During Pugachev's Rebellion, he was appointed as head of the Secret Services by Catherine II.