Lot 10
0
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
£8,125
Description
A Russian silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel swing-handle cake basket
Ivan Mnekin, Moscow, 1886
the deep oval body decorated with enamel scrolling supporting stylized flowerheads and geometric motifs, the handle similarly decorated, the base with flared foot on four columnar supports, the underside with two inscriptions dated 1882 and 1908
26.5cm long
Note:
Inscribed to the underside; ‘Werner S/L Martha, yur Evy an den 6 Juni 1882’ and ‘C H H 8/21 Froai 1908’
Footnote
Inscribed to the underside; Werner S/L Martha, yur Evy an den 6 Juni 1882 and C H H 8/21 Froai 1908