TWO SILVER-GILT PINEAPPLE CUPS

TWO SILVER-GILT PINEAPPLE CUPS
ONE MOSCOW, 1756; THE OTHER WITH THE MARK OF TIMOFEI SILUYANOV, MOSCOW, 1757
One with lobed bowl and on conforming pedestal foot, the tree-form stem applied with a woodsman wielding an axe, marked on base and rim; the other with shaped lobed bowl and on conforming pedestal foot, the bowl engraved with a scrolling foliage, the baluster stem applied with scroll supports, on similarly decorated domed lobed foot, marked on rim, stem and foot
9 in. (23 cm.) high and smaller
16.01 oz. (497.9 gr.) (2)