A RUSSIAN GILT SILVER AND SHADED CLOISSONE ENAMEL KOVSH, WORKMASTER MARIA SEMENOVA, MOSCOW, 1898-1908

A RUSSIAN GILT SILVER AND SHADED CLOISSONE ENAMEL KOVSH, WORKMASTER MARIA SEMENOVA, MOSCOW, 1898-1908
with hooked geometric handle, decorated overall with interlacing floral motifs against a gilt filigree ground, the rim with beaded turquoise border, marked underneath with 84 standard and assayer's mark I.L in Cyrillic for Ivan Lebyodkin, workmaster's mark MS in Cyrillic for Maria Semenova, swan import mark, marked on handle with kokoshnik and assayer's mark, workmaster's mark; height: 13.5 cm (5 1/4 in.), 31 cm (12 1/4 in.), weight: 948.9 g (30.505 ozt)