A CLOISONNÉ AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL SILVER-GILT TANKARD
A CLOISONNÉ AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL SILVER-GILT TANKARD
BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
The tapering body cloisonné enamelled overall with scrolling foliage, the base plique-à-jour enamelled with a double-headed eagle, the borders to the top rim chased with interweaving ribbons, the octagonal base decorated with eight panels centring enamelled coils within chased ropework borders, with fluted columns above, with shaped handle and a hinged cover, marked under the cover with ‘P. Ovchinnikov’ in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Henry Penn Wenger (1927-1997).
Bequeathed by the above to the present owner.
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A CLOISONNÉ AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL SILVER-GILT TANKARD
BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
The tapering body cloisonné enamelled overall with scrolling foliage, the base plique-à-jour enamelled with a double-headed eagle, the borders to the top rim chased with interweaving ribbons, the octagonal base decorated with eight panels centring enamelled coils within chased ropework borders, with fluted columns above, with shaped handle and a hinged cover, marked under the cover with ‘P. Ovchinnikov’ in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Henry Penn Wenger (1927-1997).
Bequeathed by the above to the present owner.