26 November 2014 Russian Art Auctions
26 November 2014
377. TWO SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO SERVING SPOONS
MAKER’S MARKS OF PAVEL MILYUKOV AND P.G. IN CYRILLIC, MOSCOW, 18(..) AND 1881, 84 STANDARDS
Lengths 18 cm each.
1,200–1,800 GBP
Provenance: Acquired by the grandfather of the current owner in the late 1920s–1930s.
Thence by descent.
The bowls of circular form with gilt interiors and twisted tapering handles with terminal finials, the reverse of the bowls nielloed within circular reserves with views of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin.
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.