A RUSSIAN SILVER DISH UNMARKED, MID-19TH CENTURY
Circular, on four scroll feet, with a raised rim cast and chased with rocaille and foliage, the centre engraved with cypher 'A' beneath the Imperial crown, most likely for Tsesarevich Alexander Nikolaevich, future Emperor Alexander II, apparently unmarked, engraved under base in Russian '[from the] Heir's Palace / N:4. 2 p[ounds]. 19 Zol[otnik].', also stamped with numeral '4' and further engraved on the rim with palace inventory numbers
91⁄4 in. (23.5 cm.) diameter
28.7 oz. (894 gr.)
Provenance
Collection of John Edward Hammell (1876-1958), Oakville, Canada.
Ward-Price Auctioneers, Toronto, 3 November 1960, lot 890.
Circular, on four scroll feet, with a raised rim cast and chased with rocaille and foliage, the centre engraved with cypher 'A' beneath the Imperial crown, most likely for Tsesarevich Alexander Nikolaevich, future Emperor Alexander II, apparently unmarked, engraved under base in Russian '[from the] Heir's Palace / N:4. 2 p[ounds]. 19 Zol[otnik].', also stamped with numeral '4' and further engraved on the rim with palace inventory numbers
91⁄4 in. (23.5 cm.) diameter
28.7 oz. (894 gr.)
Provenance
Collection of John Edward Hammell (1876-1958), Oakville, Canada.
Ward-Price Auctioneers, Toronto, 3 November 1960, lot 890.
