A GROUP OF TWO RUSSIAN CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT TEA-GLASS HOLDERS...
Comprising:
a tea-glass holder, with geometric design and scrolls, within light and dark blue pellet borders, by Gustav Klingert, Moscow, 1889;
a tea-glass holder, silver body with two bands enamelled with scrolling foliage on cream ground, within turquoise beaded borders, the foot and angular handle similarly decorated, by Nikolai Alekseev, Moscow, 1899-1908;
a charka, of quatrefoil form, with scrolling foliage on gilt stippled ground, within dark blue beaded borders, the handle shaped as a foliate scroll, maker's mark Cyrillic 'A.L' probably for Alexander Lyubavin, St Petersburg, 1899-1904;
a charka, with scrolling foliage on gilt stippled ground, within turquoise beaded borders, the handle in the form of a champlevé enamelled stylised bird, by Gustav Klingert, Moscow, 1886;
a charka, with scrolling foliage on gilt stippled ground, within turquoise beaded borders, with a scroll handle, by Alexander Egorov, Moscow, 1893;
a charka, silver-gilt body and tapering foot with bands, enamelled with varicolour geometric motifs and pellets, with a scroll handle, maker's mark Cyrillic 'A.L', Moscow, circa 1890
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high, and smaller
Provenance
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in the 1970-1980s.
Comprising:
a tea-glass holder, with geometric design and scrolls, within light and dark blue pellet borders, by Gustav Klingert, Moscow, 1889;
a tea-glass holder, silver body with two bands enamelled with scrolling foliage on cream ground, within turquoise beaded borders, the foot and angular handle similarly decorated, by Nikolai Alekseev, Moscow, 1899-1908;
a charka, of quatrefoil form, with scrolling foliage on gilt stippled ground, within dark blue beaded borders, the handle shaped as a foliate scroll, maker's mark Cyrillic 'A.L' probably for Alexander Lyubavin, St Petersburg, 1899-1904;
a charka, with scrolling foliage on gilt stippled ground, within turquoise beaded borders, the handle in the form of a champlevé enamelled stylised bird, by Gustav Klingert, Moscow, 1886;
a charka, with scrolling foliage on gilt stippled ground, within turquoise beaded borders, with a scroll handle, by Alexander Egorov, Moscow, 1893;
a charka, silver-gilt body and tapering foot with bands, enamelled with varicolour geometric motifs and pellets, with a scroll handle, maker's mark Cyrillic 'A.L', Moscow, circa 1890
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high, and smaller
Provenance
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in the 1970-1980s.
