A set of twelve silver-gilt and shaded cloisonné enamel tea spoons and two serving spoons en suite each with pastel-coloured flowers and foliage on a pale-green ground within aubergine borders. Contained in its original fitted wooden case, the interior of the lid stamped: ‘Partnership Brothers Pavel and Fedor Markov, Moscow, Cherkasski Pereulok, Obshchestvenny Dvor no. 5, tel. no. 47-21‘.
Russian Silver-Gilt and Enamel Spoons
1910s
silver, enamel
length: 14 cm
maker’s mark: Cyrillic initials Zh.N. of unidentified master
assay’s mark of Moscow, 1908-1917
silver standard: 84 zolotnik
contained in original fitted case