A GROUP OF TWELVE SILVER KNIFE RESTS, THREE BOXES, A NAPKIN RING AND A NIELLO TRAY

A GROUP OF TWELVE SILVER KNIFE RESTS, THREE BOXES, A NAPKIN RING AND A NIELLO TRAY
VARIOUS MAKERS, RUSSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The reeded knife rests, decorated with two griffins on each side, marked W.A. Bolin, Moscow, 1908-1917, with later Soviet marks; the trompe l'oeil oval box, chased to simulate birch tree bark, maker's mark indistinct, Moscow, 1871; an egg-shaped box and an egg-shaped cup, one marked 'PJS', St Petersburg, circa 1890; the napkin ring, engraved with the cypher of Alexandra Feodorovna and dated 1916, mark of Maria Sokolova, Moscow, circa 1916; the niello tray, decorated with a city view and floral motifs, mark of M. Dmitriev, Moscow, 1866
The knife rests, 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) wide
29.8 oz. (928 gr.) gross