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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER COVERED CUP
Lot 251

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER COVERED CUP

MARKED SAZIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, ST PETERSBURG, 1866

Closed5 June 2017

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER COVERED CUP
MARKED SAZIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, ST PETERSBURG, 1866
Of cylindrical form, engraved overall with geometric pattern in neo-Russian style, the circular base resting on four hoof-shaped feet, the body applied with central rosettes, the handles cast and chased as horse-heads, with a detachable cover, gilt interior, marked throughout
15 in. (38 cm.) high
68.2 oz. (1934.4 gr.)

Specialist note

For a nearly identical silver cup presented by Prince Nikolai Petrovich Oldenburg as a prize for Manège riding of the 13th Vladimir Lancers, His Imperial Highness of the Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich Regiment, see G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 54, no. 33.