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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT SWISS COLLECTOR
A SILVER-GILT SALT THRONE
MAKER'S MARK OF N. YANICHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1889
Details
A SILVER-GILT SALT THRONE
MAKER'S MARK OF N. YANICHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1889
Of traditional form, on a trompe l'oeil base simulating wooden logs, the lower part cast and chased with pan-Slavic scrolling foliage and stylized birds on stippled ground, the center applied with a lifebuoy inscribed in Russian 'The Imperial Yacht Standart', the hinged cover chased with scrolling strapwork and foliage and centering a vacant escutcheon flanked by two stylized beasts, the back in the form of a traditional izba centering and applied with two spiral columns and centering a Russian inscription 'God grant [you loaves and fishes] /for honor/and/joy' ('Dai Bog/v chest'/da/v radost'), the interior of the cover engraved with a Russian dedicatory inscription 'To our hospitable and truly Russian host', marked throughout; also with Swiss import marks
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
21.60 oz. (671.8 gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF N. YANICHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1889
Of traditional form, on a trompe l'oeil base simulating wooden logs, the lower part cast and chased with pan-Slavic scrolling foliage and stylized birds on stippled ground, the center applied with a lifebuoy inscribed in Russian 'The Imperial Yacht Standart', the hinged cover chased with scrolling strapwork and foliage and centering a vacant escutcheon flanked by two stylized beasts, the back in the form of a traditional izba centering and applied with two spiral columns and centering a Russian inscription 'God grant [you loaves and fishes] /for honor/and/joy' ('Dai Bog/v chest'/da/v radost'), the interior of the cover engraved with a Russian dedicatory inscription 'To our hospitable and truly Russian host', marked throughout; also with Swiss import marks
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
21.60 oz. (671.8 gr.)
Provenance
With A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1983.
Acquired from the above by father of the present owner.
Acquired from the above by father of the present owner.
Brought to you by
Mark Moehrke