ANTIQUE 19thC RUSSIAN SOLID SILVER CAVIAR SERVING SET, MIKHAIL ISAKOV c.1888
19th Century Imperial Russian silver caviar serving set, modelled as a barrel with fitted lid and elaborately designed handles, decoration is part gilt on matted silver ground, engraved with geometrical designs, simulating ice or snowflakes, inside richly parcel gilt and inset with a glass liner. The bowl fitted to an unusual slanted dish standing on four ball shaped feet.
Hallmarked Russian silver 84 (875), St-Petersburg, year 1888, Maker's mark in Cyrillic MI for Mikhail Yakovlevich Isakov.
Reference Number: C6352
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century Imperial Russian solid silver caviar serving set, modelled as a barrel with fitted lid and elaborately designed handles, decoration is part gilt on matted silver ground, engraved with geometrical designs, simulating ice or snowflakes, inside richly parcel gilt and inset with a glass liner.
The bowl fitted to an unusual slanted dish standing on four ball shaped feet. Each part is hallmarked Russian silver 84 (875 standard), St-Petersburg, year 1888, Maker's mark in Cyrillic MI (Mikhail Yakovlevich Isakov, active 1888-1899).
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 11.5cm
Width: 16 x 15cm
Weight: 635g
