Sugar spoon with image of the Resurrection Gates of the Kitay-Gorod Wall
Sugar spoon with image of the Resurrection Gates of the Kitay-Gorod Wall
Russia, Moscow
1908–1917
M. Semenova Silverware Factory,
Silver; casting, carving, niello, gilding
Length 13.0 cm, bowl diameter 3.4 cm
Hallmarks on the stem: for the factory – “МС”; triple hallmark of the Moscow District Assay Office of 1908–1917 – a female head in a kokoshnik turned to the right with silver fineness number “84” and the district code as the Greek letter “delta”.
Silver sugar spoon with a round, smooth, deep bowl and a twisted stem ending in a finial in the form of a smooth cast button. Outer surface of the spoon is decorated with a circular medallion containing a niello image of the Resurrection Gates of the Kitay-Gorod Wall and a carved stylized trefoil in the lower part; the inner surface features a carved monogram “OC”.From a coffee service with views of Moscow and monogram “OC”.
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