A silver flatware service
Alexander Lyubavin, St. Petersburg, 1896-1903
comprising: six oyster forks, six cold meat forks with two prongs, six serving knives with steel blades, a pair of circular parcel-gilt salts with spoons, a pair of cheese buttons, a pickle fork, a pair of fish servers, a caviar spoon, a butter knife, a cheese knife with steel blade, two pie servers, an ice cream server, two small serving knife and fork; all contained in fitted wood box lined in blue velvet, the cover lined in pale cream silk stamped with company logo in Cyrillic, top of the box applied with silver plaque engraved in Cyrillic XXV To much respected Master and Mistress Vasilii Samuilovich and Margarita Ivanovna Shererdson from grateful servants and workers, 29 August 1903 (35)
Sold for
£5,000
inc. premium
Category:
Fine Art
/
Russian Art
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