A silver-gilt slender beaker of a tapering form. The overall exterior with filigree and varicolour closonné enamel on stippled ground; the surface decorated with two medallions and bands of stylised floral patterns. Inside the bottom lip engraved in italics: ‘1849, 24 April’ / ‘1884’ (in Cyrillic).
Russian Silver-Gilt and Enamel Beaker
OvchinnikovMoscow, 1883
silver-gilt, enamel
height: 17 cm
maker’s mark: P. Ovchinnikov with the Imperial warrant for Pavel Ovchinnikov
assay’s mark: Cyrillic initial V.P. of unidentified master
assay mark of Moscow, 1883
silver standard: 88 zolotnik