A GROUP OF SILVER AND NIELLO SPOONS, KNIVES AND FORKS
VARIOUS MAKERS, RUSSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising two spoons with circular bowls and twisted stems, nielloed with St Basil’s Cathedral and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, one with the mark of Vasily Semenov, Moscow, circa 1880; a group of four table spoons and one serving spoon, nielloed with scrolling foliage, one with maker’s mark of M. Dmitriev, three marked Khlebnikov, the serving spoon with maker’s mark ‘AK’; together with three serving pieces, (two that are silver-plated), and a set of twelve butter knives, mark of Allenius Johan, St Petersburg, 1895
The serving niello spoon, 11½ in. (29.3 cm.) long and smaller
34.8 oz. (1,084.2 gr.) gross
A GROUP OF SILVER AND NIELLO SPOONS, KNIVES AND FORKS
VARIOUS MAKERS, RUSSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising two spoons with circular bowls and twisted stems, nielloed with St Basil’s Cathedral and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, one with the mark of Vasily Semenov, Moscow, circa 1880; a group of four table spoons and one serving spoon, nielloed with scrolling foliage, one with maker’s mark of M. Dmitriev, three marked Khlebnikov, the serving spoon with maker’s mark ‘AK’; together with three serving pieces, (two that are silver-plated), and a set of twelve butter knives, mark of Allenius Johan, St Petersburg, 1895
The serving niello spoon, 11½ in. (29.3 cm.) long and smaller
34.8 oz. (1,084.2 gr.) gross
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