A GROUP OF THIRTEEN RUSSIAN CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT SALT CELLARS VARIOUS MAKERS, MOSCOW

Details

Comprising:

a large salt cellar, with scrolling foliage in shade of blue, white and black, maker' mark Cyrillic 'IS', St Petersburg, circa 1880; a quatrefoil-shaped salt cellar, with two handles, on four gryphon-shaped feet, with scrolling foliage, by N. Yanichkin, St Petersburg, circa 1890; a salt cellar, on a circular foot, with scrolling foliage within turquoise beaded borders, by Lyubavin, St Petersburg, 1904-1908, also with later Soviet marks; a salt cellar, with scrolling foliage within turquoise beaded borders, by Ivan Sveshnikov, Moscow, circa 1890;

a salt cellar, on three ball feet, with scrolling foliage within white beaded borders, by Vasily Andreev, Moscow, 1899-1908; a salt cellar, on three ball feet, with scrolling foliage beneath a blue pellet border, by Gustav Klingert, Moscow, 1889; a salt cellar, on three ball feet, with scrolling foliage within turquoise beaded borders, maker's mark indistinct, possibly 'IS' for Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, circa 1890;

a salt cellar, with scrolling foliage, with a blue pellet border on the foot, by D. Nikitin, Moscow, 1899-1908;

a salt cellar, on three ball feet, with foliate motifs in shades of brown, green, blue and grey, by the 11th Silver Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917;

a pair of salt cellars, on three ball feet, with flowers within turquoise beaded borders, by D. Nikitin, Moscow, 1899-1908;

a pair of salt cellars with spoons, with scrolling foliage on blue ground, by Grachev, maker's mark Cyrillic 'AP', St Petersburg, circa 1890; together with nine Russian and European salt spoons 31⁄2 in. (9 cm.) diameter, and smaller

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in the 1970-1980s.