A SILVER CAKE BASKET, A LARGE LADLE AND A SILVER-MOUNTED PIN CUSHION
THE BASKET, MARK OF MIKHAIL SHEIN, MOSCOW, 1848; THE LADLE, MAKER’S MARK INDISTINCT, MOSCOW, 1808; THE PIN CUSHION, BY NICHOLLS AND PLINCKE, MARK OF CARL TEGELSTEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1839
The basket, oval, the body and foot repoussé with fluted lobes, with a swing handle, marked throughout; the ladle, with tapering silver stem set with a wooden handle, marked on stem; the pin cushion, oval, the shaped silver mount cast and chased with geometric and floral motifs, cast with a double-headed eagle and the cypher of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna beneath an Imperial crown, marked on mount
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) wide and smaller
A SILVER CAKE BASKET, A LARGE LADLE AND A SILVER-MOUNTED PIN CUSHION
THE BASKET, MARK OF MIKHAIL SHEIN, MOSCOW, 1848; THE LADLE, MAKER’S MARK INDISTINCT, MOSCOW, 1808; THE PIN CUSHION, BY NICHOLLS AND PLINCKE, MARK OF CARL TEGELSTEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1839
The basket, oval, the body and foot repoussé with fluted lobes, with a swing handle, marked throughout; the ladle, with tapering silver stem set with a wooden handle, marked on stem; the pin cushion, oval, the shaped silver mount cast and chased with geometric and floral motifs, cast with a double-headed eagle and the cypher of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna beneath an Imperial crown, marked on mount
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) wide and smaller
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