A GROUP OF CLOISONNÉ, CHAMPLEVÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL SILVER-GILT FLATWARE

A GROUP OF CLOISONNÉ, CHAMPLEVÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL SILVER-GILT FLATWARE
VARIOUS MAKERS, RUSSIA, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising twelve knives and forks, enamelled with scrolling foliage and engraved with Cyrillic initial 'P', mark of Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, circa 1890; twelve teaspoons, similarly enamelled, maker's mark Cyrillic 'EO', Moscow, 1908-1917; four coffee spoons, mark of Nikolay Alekseev, Moscow, 1908-1917; a large spoon, enamelled with the Imperial double-headed eagle, marked 'Grachev', maker's mark Cyrillic 'AP', St Petersburg, circa 1890; a tea-strainer, mark of the 11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917; eight other pieces by various makers and dates; together with eleven Soviet silver-gilt teaspoons, Kiev, circa 1950s, and ten modern silver and enamel butter knives, bearing Russian marks
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) long, and smaller

Provenance
Henry Penn Wenger (1927-1997).
Bequeathed by the above to the present owner.