ANTIQUE 19thC RUSSIAN FABERGE 56 GOLD LAPTI & SPOON CUFFLINKS, V SOLOVIEV c.1900
20th Century Imperial Russian Faberge 56 gold novelty cufflinks, shaped as a pair of lapti, shoes made primarily from bast, fiber taken from the bark of trees such as linden or birch. They are a kind of basket, woven and fitted to the shape of a foot. Bast shoes are an obsolete traditional footwear of the forest areas of Northern Europe, formerly worn by poorer members of the Finnic people, Balts, Russians and Belarussians. The other ends of the chain with porridge spoons, porridge being a staple diet of the slavic people. The pair comes in a beautiful leather bound retailer's case stamped "Faberge, St-Petersburg & Moscow".
Hallmarked Russian gold 56 (585), St-Petersburg, year 1908/17, Maker's mark BC for Vladimir Soloview.
Reference Number: C6286
DESCRIPTION
Antique early-20th Century Imperial Russian Faberge 56 gold novelty cufflinks, shaped as a pair of lapti, shoes made primarily from bast, fiber taken from the bark of trees such as linden or birch. They are a kind of basket, woven and fitted to the shape of a foot. Bast shoes are an obsolete traditional footwear of the forest areas of Northern Europe, formerly worn by poorer members of the Finnic peoples, Balts, Russians and Belarussians. The other ends of the chain with porridge spoons, porridge being a staple diet of the slavic people. The pair comes in a beautiful leather bound retailer's case stamped "Faberge, St-Petersburg & Moscow".
Hallmarked Russian gold 56 (585 grade), St-Petersburg, year 1908/17, Maker's mark BC (Vladimir Soloview, Fabege workmaster, his mark can be found on pieces made for export to England. Specialized in enameled gold and silver pens.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Width (each): 2.2 x 2.5cm
Total Weight: 11.2g
