Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 132
A group of three silver and silver-gilt salt thrones various makers, Moscow, 1880s
1 December 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,912.50 inc. premium
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Jacqueline Senior
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A group of three silver and silver-gilt salt thrones
various makers, Moscow, 1880s
all shaped as a thrones and decorated in the Russian taste, first engraved with Russian proverb 'Eat bread and salt, cut the mother truth', the innerside embellished with a rooster, marked 'PA' probably for Petr Abrosimov, Moscow, 1881; second with splayed base and pierced back with geometric ornament, flowers and birds, Mikhail Goloschapov, Moscow, 1888; third with raised base, the back decorated with a framed window, Mitrofan Ryndin, Moscow, 1886; together with a silver tray with undulating rims, the centre engraved with a crowned monogram contained in a stylised izba, struck with an illegible manufacturer's mark under Imperial warrant, St. Petersburg, dated c. 1860s and bearing later marks; all 84 standard
diameter of the tray: 21.5cm (8 7/16in).
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all shaped as a thrones and decorated in the Russian taste, first engraved with Russian proverb 'Eat bread and salt, cut the mother truth', the innerside embellished with a rooster, marked 'PA' probably for Petr Abrosimov, Moscow, 1881; second with splayed base and pierced back with geometric ornament, flowers and birds, Mikhail Goloschapov, Moscow, 1888; third with raised base, the back decorated with a framed window, Mitrofan Ryndin, Moscow, 1886; together with a silver tray with undulating rims, the centre engraved with a crowned monogram contained in a stylised izba, struck with an illegible manufacturer's mark under Imperial warrant, St. Petersburg, dated c. 1860s and bearing later marks; all 84 standard
diameter of the tray: 21.5cm (8 7/16in).
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Footnotes
Provenance
The collection of a descendant of the Russian writer and publisher, Faddei Bulgarin (1789-1859)
For a comparable salt by Mikhail Goloschapov from the collection of the State Historical Museum, see https://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/1710458.