MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 27-30 May 2012
27 May 2012
410. A SILVER AND ENAMEL BISCUIT DISH
MARK OF IVAN KHLEBNIKOV IN CYRILLIC,
MOSCOW, 1878, 84 STANDARD .
Diameter 27 cm.
3,500–5,000 GBP
Of circular form, the open basket-weave dish with plaited rim, the outer collar inscribed in blue enamel with individual names in stylised
Slavonic script (“Viaz”).
The present lot was a gift from the participants
of the IV All-Russian Congress of Forestries, which took place in Warsaw in August, 1878. Among the participants, whose names are engraved on the dish,
was Alexander (1850-1906), an elder brother of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, the founder of modern cosmonautics. He graduated from the
St Petersburg agricultural institute and worked in one of the forestries of the Voronezh province.
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.