Two silver-gilt and niello slender champagne flutes, both with oval reserves, surrounded with foliate design on stippled ground. One flute is decorated with a scene of St George slaying the dragon on the one side and sailboat on the other. The other flute’s oval reserve contains a draped female figure on one side and a cityscape on the other.
Russian Silver-Gilt & Niello Champagne Flutes
reference number: RS_026
1839 & 1840’s
silver-gilt
height: 16 cm
maker’s mark: Cyrillic initials A.K. of unknown maker (1); Cyrillic initials P.I. of unknown maker (2)
assay master’s mark: illegible (1); Cyrillic initials A.K. of Anton Kovalsky (2)
assay mark of Moscow (2)
silver standard: 84 zolotnik