A GROUP OF THREE RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO BEAKERS
ALL MARK OF A.K (SCRIPT), MOSCOW, 1840/1846/1848
Comprising respectively:- one decorated with flowers on a textured ground flanking two large circular reserves, one with an equestrian portrait of Tsar Nicholas I in military uniform, the other a ship in port; also a similar beaker, the two reserves depicting Falconet's equestrian statue of Peter the Great, the other with an architectural view; and a third similar but smaller beaker, the reserves depicting an equestrian portrait of Tsar Nicholas I in military uniform looking through a telescope and an architectural view
The first 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high
15.5 oz. (482 gm.)
A GROUP OF THREE RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO BEAKERS
ALL MARK OF A.K (SCRIPT), MOSCOW, 1840/1846/1848
Comprising respectively:- one decorated with flowers on a textured ground flanking two large circular reserves, one with an equestrian portrait of Tsar Nicholas I in military uniform, the other a ship in port; also a similar beaker, the two reserves depicting Falconet's equestrian statue of Peter the Great, the other with an architectural view; and a third similar but smaller beaker, the reserves depicting an equestrian portrait of Tsar Nicholas I in military uniform looking through a telescope and an architectural view
The first 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high
15.5 oz. (482 gm.)
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