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Lot 139
Sale 2687 - The Collection of Amb. & Mrs. Alexander Weddell - The Virginia House Museum
Apr 10, 2019
6:00AM ET
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A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO CHAMPAGNE FLUTE unknown maker's mark of ak, Moscow, 1837
Of typical fluted form and turned base decorated with two cartouches, one depicting the Alexander Column and Palace Square, the other with Falconet's "Bronze Horseman," overall decorated with scrolling foliate motifs, the base struck with unknown maker's mark AK (cf. Postnikova-Losseva, Zolotoe i serebryanoe delo XV-XX vv., Moscow, 1995, No. 2199, p. 208), with Moscow assay master's mark of Nikolai Lukich Dubrovin and dated 1837.
H: 7 1/4 in. Weight: 6.5 oz. t.