A Russian silver-gilt and nielloed beaker, decorated with flowers, foliage and three...
A Russian silver-gilt and nielloed beaker, decorated with flowers, foliage and three cartouches with two landscapes and one putti. Not identified maker's mark IPM (active 1776–1792), assayer Alexei Ivanov Vichliaiev 179? (active 1781–1809), Moscow town mark. Weight 122 g. H. 9 cm.
In spite of the indistinct assay date the beaker must - based on the active periodes of the maker and the assayer - be from 1790–1792.
Provenance: Seller's grandfather, Erhard Marinus Petersen (f. Aalborg 1887, d. Frederiksberg 1972), who worked for The Great Northern Telegraph Company in St. Petersburg before the Russian revolution. Here, in 1915, he also married Hedvig Elisabeth Petersen, née Kursawe. Afterwards, Erhard Marinus Petersen was Danish official and vice consul in St. Petersburg and Moscow until 1941. After a few other postings for the Danish Foreign Ministry they moved back to Denmark in 1951. Thence by descent to their grandson with residence in Denmark until today.
Attached on this site is a portrait of Erhard Marinus Petersen and his Russian marriage certificate, both in the family's private possession.
Condition Report:Minor wear due to age and use, including minor worn niello work, minor worn gilding plus few smaller scratches in the exterior bottom.
Category:Silver ▸ Russia
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A Russian silver-gilt and nielloed beaker, decorated with flowers, foliage and three cartouches with two landscapes and one putti. Not identified maker's mark IPM (active 1776–1792), assayer Alexei Ivanov Vichliaiev 179? (active 1781–1809), Moscow town mark. Weight 122 g. H. 9 cm.
In spite of the indistinct assay date the beaker must - based on the active periodes of the maker and the assayer - be from 1790–1792.
Provenance: Seller's grandfather, Erhard Marinus Petersen (f. Aalborg 1887, d. Frederiksberg 1972), who worked for The Great Northern Telegraph Company in St. Petersburg before the Russian revolution. Here, in 1915, he also married Hedvig Elisabeth Petersen, née Kursawe. Afterwards, Erhard Marinus Petersen was Danish official and vice consul in St. Petersburg and Moscow until 1941. After a few other postings for the Danish Foreign Ministry they moved back to Denmark in 1951. Thence by descent to their grandson with residence in Denmark until today.
Attached on this site is a portrait of Erhard Marinus Petersen and his Russian marriage certificate, both in the family's private possession.
Condition Report:Minor wear due to age and use, including minor worn niello work, minor worn gilding plus few smaller scratches in the exterior bottom.
Category:Silver ▸ Russia
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