A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT TROMPE L'OEIL TEA CANISTER
MARK OF ALEXANDER MUCHIN, MOSCOW, 1871, ALSO BEARING LATER SOVIET MARKS
Cylindrical with textured cover, the latter with bayonet fitting, the sides chased to simulate birch bark; also a Russian parcel-gilt silver trompe l'oeil covered pot, mark of P:O (Cyrillic), probably for Pavel Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1868, the sides chased to simulate woven reeds, the lift-off cover designed as a cloth tied with cord, interior of pot gilded
First item 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
8.25 oz. (256 gm.)
A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT TROMPE L'OEIL TEA CANISTER
MARK OF ALEXANDER MUCHIN, MOSCOW, 1871, ALSO BEARING LATER SOVIET MARKS
Cylindrical with textured cover, the latter with bayonet fitting, the sides chased to simulate birch bark; also a Russian parcel-gilt silver trompe l'oeil covered pot, mark of P:O (Cyrillic), probably for Pavel Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1868, the sides chased to simulate woven reeds, the lift-off cover designed as a cloth tied with cord, interior of pot gilded
First item 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
8.25 oz. (256 gm.)
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