A GROUP OF THREE RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO BEAKERS
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A group of three Russian silver-gilt and niello beakersComprising: one decorated with flowers on a textured ground flanking two large circular reserves, one with an equestrian portrait of tsar Nicholas I in military uniform, the other a ship in port; also a similar beaker, the two reserves depicting falconet's equestrian statue of peter the great, the other with an architectural view; and a third similar but smaller beaker, the reserves depicting an equestrian portrait of tsar Nicholas I in military uniform looking through a telescope and an architectural view.
All are hallmarked: 84, A.K, St. George (Moscow), 183?/1845/1847Total weight: 15.5 o. (482 g.)
Provenance: CHRISTIE'S INTERIORS, 30 JUNE 2015 | LIVE AUCTION 10650
Dimensions: The first is 3 7/8 in., (9.8 cm.) high.
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